Most restoration projects have focused on recovery of vegetation to assess restoration
success. Nevertheless if the goal of a restoration project is to create an ecosystem that is self …

The criteria of restoration success should be clearly established to evaluate restoration
projects. Recently, the Society of Ecological Restoration International (SER) has produced a …

Predicting restoration outcomes requires an understanding of the natural variability of
ecosystem properties. A hierarchy of predictability has been proposed that ranks measures …

The global community is seeking to substantially restore the world's forest cover to improve
the supply of ecosystem services. However, it is not clear what type of reforestation must be …

The practice of ecological restoration is a primary option for increasing levels of biodiversity
by modifying human‐altered ecosystems. The scientific discipline of restoration ecology …

Restoration is increasingly being used to reverse degradation and destruction of forest
ecosystems. With increasing investment in restoration, there is an urgent need to develop …

Although the phrase,“planting for ecosystem restoration,” is of recent origin, many of the
earliest large-scale tree plantings were made for what we now refer to as “restoration” or …

Restoration of ecological processes is key to restoring the capacity of ecosystems to support
social, economic, cultural and aesthetic values. The sustainability of the restored system …

Assessing the success of ecological restoration projects is critical to justify the use of
restoration in natural resource management and to improve best practice. Although there …

1. We do not know which aspects of community structure and ecosystem processes are
restorable for most ecosystems, yet this information is crucial for achieving successful …