Authors:
Aerts, R. and O. Honnay
Publication Date:
2011
Abstract/Summary:
The BEF-approach provides a useful framework to evaluate forest restoration in an ecosystem functioning context, but it also highlights that much remains to be understood, especially regarding the relation between forest functioning on the one side and genetic diversity and above-ground-below-ground species associations on the other. The strong emphasis of the BEF- approach on functional rather than taxonomic diversity may also be the beginning of a paradigm shift in restoration ecology, increasing the tolerance towards allochthonous species.
Resource Type:
Peer-reviewed Article
Source:
BMC Ecology