A synthesis and future research directions for tropical mountain ecosystem restoration

T Christmann, IO Menor - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Many tropical mountain ecosystems (TME) are severely disturbed, requiring ecological
restoration to recover biodiversity and ecosystem functions. However, the extent of …

Direct seeding and outplantings in drylands of Argentinean Patagonia: estimated costs, and prospects for large‐scale restoration and rehabilitation

DR Pérez, F González, C Ceballos… - Restoration …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In large areas of the world that are deeply scarred by desertification and hampered by low
capacity for natural regeneration, the scaling up of ecological restoration and rehabilitation …

Degradation of soil nutrients and slow recovery of biomass following shifting cultivation in the heath forests of Sarawak, Malaysia

D Hattori, T Kenzo, T Shirahama, Y Harada… - Forest Ecology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Heath forests which are tropical forests on sandy soils are widely distributed in Borneo and
provide many ecosystem services, such as carbon storage and non-timber forest products …

Initial investment in diversity is the efficient thing to do for resilient forest landscape restoration

DP Nef, E Gotor, G Wiederkehr Guerra… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The genetic diversity, quality and suitability of seeds and planting stock is crucial for the
short and long-term resilience of restored forest landscapes. However, these genetic …

Use of direct seeding and seedling planting to restore Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis Sieb. Et Zucc.) in secondary forests of Northeast China

J Wang, GG Wang, T Zhang, J Yuan, L Yu, J Zhu… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The poor natural regeneration of Korean pine represents a substantial hurdle limiting the
restoration of secondary forests to mixed broad-leaved Korean pine forests (MBKPFs) …

Putting seed traits into pellets: Using seed mass data to improve seed encapsulation technology for native plant revegetation

PE Lieurance, CH Mills, SG Tetu… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Poor seedling emergence often limits the success of direct seeding in ecological restoration.
New techniques for maximising seed use efficiency and seedling emergence are needed to …

Should I plant or should I sow? Restoration outcomes compared across seven riparian revegetation projects

J Greet, F Ede, D Robertson, S McKendrick - 2020 - Wiley Online Library
To revegetate native plant communities, it is often cheaper to direct seed than to plant
nursery‐grown stock. However, the outcomes of direct seeding can be quite variable, and it …

Effects of environmental filters on early establishment of cloud forest trees along elevation gradients: Implications for assisted migration

M de los Ángeles García-Hernández… - Forest Ecology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cloud forest tree species are reported to be shifting and retracting their distributional ranges
in response to increasing temperatures. However, there is limited information regarding the …

Accelerating tropical cloud forest recovery: performance of nine late-successional tree species

K Osorio-Salomón, M Bonilla-Moheno… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Tree planting is a common strategy for forest restoration. The use of mid-and late-
successional species is less common, but could accelerate succession, enhance diversity …

Physiological and growth strategies of two Cariniana species in response to contrasting light availability

GS da Costa, AC Dalmolin, AC Schilling, MC Sanches… - Flora, 2019 - Elsevier
Cariniana legalis and C. estrellensis are tropical emergent trees of the Lecythidaceae family
that occur naturally in different forest ecosystems and belong to different ecological groups …