Ecological restoration success is higher for natural regeneration than for active restoration in tropical forests

Crouzeilles, Renato; Silva Ferreira, Mariana; L. Chazdon, Robin; B. Lindenmayer, David; Boelsums Barreto Sansevero, Jerônimo; M. Monteiro, Lara; Iribarrem, Álvaro; E. Latawiec, Agnieszka; B. N. Strassburg, Bernardo

doi:10.1126/sciadv.1701345

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Ecological restoration success is higher for natural regeneration than for active restoration in tropical forests

Published in Science Advances • Nov 3, 2017

Authors:

Renato Crouzeilles

Mariana Silva Ferreira

Robin L. Chazdon

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 rest...

Subject

Restoration ecology

Forest restoration

Regeneration (biology)

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