Ecological restoration success is higher for natural regeneration than for active restoration in tropical forests
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro · Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro · +8 more institutions
Abstract
Is active restoration the best approach to achieve ecological restoration success (the return to a reference condition, that is, old-growth forest) when compared to natural regeneration in tropical forests? Our meta-analysis of 133 studies demonstrated that natural regeneration surpasses active restoration in achieving tropical forest restoration success for all three biodiversity groups (plants, birds, and invertebrates) and five measures of vegetation structure (cover, density, litter, biomass, and height) tested. Restoration success for biodiversity and vegetation structure was 34 to 56% and 19 to 56% higher in natural regeneration than in active restoration systems, respectively, after controlling for key…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 137.60
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 55
Authors
9- RCRenato CrouzeillesCorresponding
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, International Institute for Sustainability
- MSMariana Silva Ferreira
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Universidade Veiga de Almeida, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
- RLRobin L. Chazdon
University of Connecticut, International Institute for Sustainability
- DBDavid B. Lindenmayer
Australian National University
- JBJerônimo Boelsums Barreto Sansevero
Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro
Topics & keywords
- Restoration ecology
- Forest restoration
- Regeneration (biology)
- Ecology
- Biodiversity
- Abiotic component
- Species richness
- Vegetation (pathology)
- Life in Land