Restoration, Reintroduction, and Rewilding in a Changing World

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Journal Year: 2016, Volume and Issue: 31(6), P. 453 - 462

Published: March 14, 2016

Language: Английский

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The Potential Role of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in the Restoration of Degraded Lands

Frontiers in Microbiology, Journal Year: 2016, Volume and Issue: 7

Published: July 26, 2016

Experiences worldwide reveal that degraded lands restoration projects achieve little success or fail. Hence, understanding the underlining causes and accordingly, devising appropriate mechanisms is crucial. In doing so, ever-increasing aspiration global commitments in could be realized. Here we explain Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) biotechnology a potential mechanism to significantly improve of lands. There are abundant scientific evidences demonstrate AMF soil attributes, increase above belowground biodiversity, tree/shrub seedlings survival, growth establishment on moisture nutrient stressed soils. have also been shown drive plant succession may prevent invasion by alien species. The very few conditions where infective low abundance diversity when erodes, disturbed devoid vegetation cover. These all common features Meanwhile, harbor levels diversity. Therefore, successful can potentially Better inoculation effects result inocula composed native fungi instead exotics, early seral late fungi, consortia single Future research efforts should focus effect community primary productivity competition. Further investigation focusing forest ecosystems carried out at field condition highly recommended. Devising cheap ethically widely accepted production methods better ways in-situ management for effective will remain important areas. Keywords: AMF, ecological restoration, facilitation, inoculation, land degradation, mycorrhiza, monoxenic culture,

Language: Английский

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Responses to drought stress in Prunus sargentii and Larix kaempferi seedlings using morphological and physiological parameters

Forest Ecology and Management, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 465, P. 118099 - 118099

Published: March 31, 2020

Language: Английский

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Evaluation of morphological, physiological, and biochemical traits for assessing drought resistance in eleven tree species

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 779, P. 146466 - 146466

Published: March 18, 2021

Language: Английский

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Restoring forests: regeneration and ecosystem function for the future

New Forests, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: 50(2), P. 139 - 151

Published: March 1, 2019

Conventions and policies for biodiversity conservation climate change mitigation state the need increased protection, restoration adaptation of forests. Much degraded land may be targeted large-scale forest restoration, yet challenges include costs, a shortage regeneration material restored forests to serve as resource communities. To ensure ecosystem function future, programs must: (1) learn from past; (2) integrate ecological knowledge; (3) advance techniques systems; (4) overcome biotic abiotic disturbances (5) adapt future landscapes. Historical conditions, while site-specific, help identify processes that leave long-term legacies in current understand tree migration biology/population dynamics their relationship with change. Ecological theory around plant–plant interactions has shown importance negative (competition) positive (facilitation) which will become more relevant increasing drought due Selective animal browsing influences efforts establish species-rich forests; an integrated approach is needed simultaneously manage ungulate populations, landscape carrying capacity browse-tolerant regeneration. A deeper understanding limiting factors affect plant establishment facilitate nursery site preparation systems inherent challenges. Severe anthropogenic connected global have created unprecedented pressure on forests, necessitating novel engineering, genetic species landscape-level approaches focus creating functional ecosystems cost-effective manner.

Language: Английский

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Forest Landscape Restoration—What Generates Failure and Success?

Forests, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 11(9), P. 938 - 938

Published: Aug. 27, 2020

Research Highlights: The global Forest Landscape Restoration ambitions could be impaired by projects that ignore key principles such as the engagement of local communities in decision making and implementation, equitable benefit sharing, monitoring for adaptive management. This entails danger continued degradation, disappointed stakeholders, ultimately, project failure. Other face technical problems related to tree establishment nursery production. Background Objectives: There are high hopes regain ecosystem integrity enhance human well-being deforested degraded areas. We highlight various success factors experienced during implementation on a scale. Materials Methods: use data from online survey identify common obstacles forest restoration. Results: While majority respondents reported successful projects, others indicate drastic failed projects. Major restoration were lack stakeholder involvement mismatch between goals managers, well environmental, anthropogenic, barriers regeneration. Conclusions: When communities, their goals, needs disregarded planning cases our limited available literature, there is risk Failed discouraged funders policy-makers, lessen momentum ambitions. Adhering can promote much-needed community support, with potential overcome regeneration enable protection, management, restored forests beyond funding periods. needed gain better understanding perception towards activities. Further studies at intersection environmental factors, socioeconomic conditions, regeneration/silviculture, production needed.

Language: Английский

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Selection of Native Tree Species for Subtropical Forest Restoration in Southwest China

PLoS ONE, Journal Year: 2017, Volume and Issue: 12(1), P. e0170418 - e0170418

Published: Jan. 19, 2017

The use of native species in forest restoration has been increasingly recognized as an effective means restoring ecosystem functions and biodiversity to degraded areas across the world. However, successful selection adapted local conditions requires specific knowledge which is often lacking, especially developing countries. In order scale up restoration, experimental data on responses propagation treatments a range are required. this study, potential 34 tree was evaluated based nursery research field planting experiments at highly site subtropical area southwest China. We examined performance terms germination rates well survival growth over 2 years after planting. Of examined, 25 had percentage greater than 50%. Survivorship ranged from 0 97% 50% for 20 species. Mean monthly increments varied between Pioneer performed well, 14 mid- late-successional reasonably very study. remaining 16 poorly. These results indicate that carefully selected can be effectively incorporated into mixed plantings. This used inform planning, helping identify suitable so enhance resilience restored forests.

Language: Английский

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Back to Roots: The Role of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi in Boreal and Temperate Forest Restoration

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 3

Published: Aug. 6, 2020

Temperate and boreal forests are increasingly suffering from anthropic degradation. Ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) symbionts with most temperate forest trees, providing their hosts soil nutrients water in exchange for plant carbon. This group of is involved woody plants' survival growth helps plants tolerate harsh environmental conditions. Here, we describe the current understanding how EMF can benefit restoration projects. We review evidence on promising plans that actively use sites contaminated heavy metals, affected by erosion, degraded due to clearcut logging wildfire. discuss potential role this restoring invaded non-native species. Additionally, explore limitations, knowledge gaps, possible undesired outcomes restoration, suggest further incorporate fungal into management. conclude considering – host interactions could improve chances success future programs forests.

Language: Английский

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Future restoration should enhance ecological complexity and emergent properties at multiple scales

Ecography, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 2022(4)

Published: Dec. 7, 2021

Ecological restoration has a paradigm of re‐establishing ‘indigenous reference' communities. One resulting concern is that focussing on target communities may not necessarily create systems which function at high level or are resilient in the face ongoing global change. complexity – defined here, based theory, as number components system and connections among them provides complementary aim, can be measured directly several advantages. encompasses key ecosystem variables including structural heterogeneity, trophic interactions functional diversity. also assessed landscape scale, with metrics β diversity, heterogeneity habitat patches connectivity. Thus, applies, measured, multiple scales. Importantly, linked to emergent properties, e.g. functions resilience, there evidence both enhanced by complexity. We suggest ecology should consider new restore scales, particular individual ecosystems across landscapes. A approach make use certain current methods but encompass newer concepts such rewilding. Indeed, goal might many cases best achieved interventionist methods. Incorporating into policies could quite straightforward. Related aims enhancing services ecological resilience fore initiatives Sustainable Development Goals Intergovernmental Science‐Policy Platform Biodiversity Ecosystem Services. Implementation policy practice will need development applied local regional Ultimately, adoption an acceptance unprecedented environmental change requires ways doing fit for future.

Language: Английский

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Implications of Soil Microbial Community Assembly for Ecosystem Restoration: Patterns, Process, and Potential

Microbial Ecology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 85(3), P. 809 - 819

Published: Feb. 3, 2023

Language: Английский

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