Journal for Nature Conservation, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 79, P. 126609 - 126609
Published: March 27, 2024
Language: Английский
Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 99(3), P. 820 - 836
Published: Feb. 12, 2024
As we enter the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030) and address urgent need to protect restore ecosystems their ecological functions at large scales, rewilding has been brought into limelight. Interest in this discipline is thus increasing, with a number of conceptual scientific papers published recent years. Increasing enthusiasm led discussions debates community about differences between restoration rewilding. The main goal review compare clarify position each field. Our results show that despite some (e.g. top-down versus bottom-up functional taxonomic approaches) notably distinct goals - recovery defined historically determined target ecosystem natural processes often no endpoint have common scope: following anthropogenic degradation. expanded progress However, it unclear whether there paradigm shift moving towards or vice versa. We underline complementarity time space To conclude, argue reconciliation these two fields nature conservation ensure could create synergy achieve scope.
Language: Английский
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Restoration Ecology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Feb. 21, 2025
Despite the recent global increase in mangrove restoration efforts, our understanding of outcomes and recovery biodiversity re‐establishing functionality, such as productive fish habitat, is limited due to lack long‐term monitoring. Here, we used a space‐for‐time approach investigate whether restored mangroves attain similar communities natural same age (5–11 years old). Fish forests along Guyana coastline, South America, were sampled using trammel nets collect data compare abundance, species richness, biomass. This study found no notable differences assemblages between ages. Nonmetric multidimensional scaling (NMDS), analysis similarities (ANOSIM), similarity percentage (SIMPER) revealed high overlap composition habitats, age, seasons, diel cycle. There was clear trajectory biomass, which indciates that quickly colonized habitats. Our provides evidence success projects yielding positive ecological benefits habitat. information useful for practitioners when setting goals timelines habitat after restoration.
Language: Английский
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Estuaries and Coasts, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 48(3)
Published: March 13, 2025
Language: Английский
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The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 938, P. 173520 - 173520
Published: May 27, 2024
Language: Английский
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The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 923, P. 171499 - 171499
Published: March 5, 2024
The assessment of restoration success often neglects trophic interactions within food webs, focusing instead on biodiversity and community structure. Here, we analysed the long-term recovery web structure based stable isotopes (δ13C δ15N) benthic invertebrates quantified responses metrics to time since restoration. samples derived from twelve restored sites with different ages, sampled annually 2012 2021, covering an investigation period up 28 years after for whole catchment. Temporal developments were compared development two near-natural sites. measures consisted cessation sewage inflow morphological channels. As a clear consistent result over almost all sites, similarity (proportion co-existing species occupying similar niches) increased restoration, reached values suggesting increase in stability resilience webs. Surprisingly, resource diversity decreased at most 10 probably due removal wastewater-derived resources, shift towards leaf litter as dominant following regrowth riparian vegetation. Food chain length showed no pattern both increasing decreasing Overall, had effects stream ecosystems. While some such others response context dependent. study demonstrates potential utilizing metrics, particularly similarity, research achieve more holistic understanding ecosystem recovery.
Language: Английский
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Ecological Indicators, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 151, P. 110282 - 110282
Published: April 30, 2023
Freshwater diversions and damming have altered coastal ecosystems greatly, resulting in fundamental changes salinity, eutrophication, ensuing shifts ecological communities. Recently, efforts to restore water delivery quality systems increased. To explore the impacts of freshwater discharge a subtropical estuary, here Bayesian structural equation models are used quantify relationships among properties, nutrients, predator (sport) prey (forage) components fish community. During periods relatively low input, predatory sport lower trophic level forage guild dynamics were tightly coupled with one another. In this system, nutrients most strongly linked system. Conversely, during high-water discharge, there was virtually no link between or guilds, guilds became components. Ultimately, disrupted existing linkages within broader ecosystem. Based on these results, we expect restoration flow into estuary would strengthen relationship community environment. As estuaries rivers continues globally, downstream will be altered. Following approach presented here, can generate insight regarding potential system wide following alteration delivery, thereby providing critically important tool for evaluating management strategies.
Language: Английский
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Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 425, P. 9 - 9
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Environmental and/or climate changes, occurring at a global or local scale, can significantly impact the diets, health, and population dynamics of waterbirds. This study aimed to develop an effective tool, using DNA metabarcoding fecal samples, for monitoring waterbird diets during breeding season in Ramsar freshwater wetland Northern France. We collected bird feces across eight marshes with varying anthropic usage. The majority samples (69%) were from five species: Eurasian coot ( Fulica atra ), moorhen Gallinula chloropus mallard Anas platyrhynchos mute swan Cygnus olor grey heron Ardea cinerea ). was extracted 116 plant invertebrate primers used undertake multi-marker metabarcoding. Despite negative uric acid on amplification, we observed significant dietary variations among species sampling sites. Wetland primarily consisted four arthropod families, dominated by Chironomidae Asellidae. number families detected higher, consisting 33 Poaceae highly prevalent within diets. shows that explore interactions between waterbirds trophic resources is promising approach assist management assess effect environmental changes.
Language: Английский
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Hydrological Processes, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 38(5)
Published: May 1, 2024
Abstract Recent interest in landscape re‐wilding and ecological restoration has resulted a proliferation of large‐scale projects many countries that have the potential to cause significant ecohydrological change. In Scotland an increasing number watershed “restoration” schemes are motivated by declining Atlantic salmon populations threat climate These usually involve riparian planting shade streams re‐engineering river channels “enhance” habitat. However, need for, objectives of, these often highly uncertain there is no compelling scientific evidence suggest they likely be successful halting declines. Remarkably, ‐ which affect can rivers with highest conservation designations protected landscapes been subject limited environmental assessment. some cases, engineering activities pose risk juvenile salmon, existing high quality habitat may degraded streams. This commentary highlights urgent for more evidence‐based approaches management complex systems.
Language: Английский
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Journal of Applied Ecology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Dec. 8, 2024
Abstract Tropical forests are increasingly threatened by deforestation and degradation, impacting carbon storage, climate regulations biodiversity. Restoring these ecosystems is crucial for environmental sustainability, yet monitoring efforts poses significant challenges. Secondary in a constant state of flux, with growth depending on multiple factors. Remote sensing technologies offer cost‐effective, scalable transferable solutions, advancing forest restoration towards more accurate, efficient real‐time data analysis interpretation. This review provides comprehensive evaluation the current advancements remote applied to tropical restoration. Synthesis applications : brings together art technologies, such as very‐high‐resolution RGB imagery, multi‐ hyperspectral imaging, lidar, radar thermal‐infrared their applicability In conclusion, this emphasizes potential coupled advanced computational techniques, enhance global effective sustainable monitoring.
Language: Английский
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Marine Ecology Progress Series, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 698, P. 1 - 14
Published: Sept. 8, 2022
Essential fish habitat is critical for foraging, breeding, or as refugia. As such, restoration of these habitats has the potential to increase diversity and abundance fishes. Here, we explored how communities responded in first 12-24 mo following oyster reef restoration. Study sites included 8 restored reefs plus 4 live dead controls. Oyster metrics (e.g. density, height, thickness) were quantified, including species richness, Shannon diversity, Simpson’s Pielou’s evenness. Species composition was further identify indicator assess preferences. Patterns community compared discern what characteristics best predict diversity. Results showed that intertidal structurally shifted from resembling negative control positive within mo. Across all treatment types, shell height thickness predictors However, at level, assemblages similar those Species-level analyses suggest types have unique species, Chilomycterus schoepfi (striped burrfish) reefs, Lutjanus synagris (lane snapper) Gobiosoma robustum (code goby) reefs. This work suggests fishes can be used higher trophic level indicators success, ecosystem-based approaches, such restoration, restore essential habitat, thus benefiting while moving coastal ecosystems toward sustainability.
Language: Английский
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