Authors:
Miller, J.R. and B.T. Bestelmeyer
Publication Date:
2016
Abstract/Summary:
We offer a decision tree for restoration action that integrates aspects of novel ecosystems with other perspectives in modern restoration ecology. We conclude that the idea of novel ecosystems, though not perfect, deserves a place under the “big tent” of restoration that includes efforts to return fully to a reference state, as well as strategies for reinstating lost ecological processes and enhancing ecosystem services in transformed landscapes where such a return is deemed infeasible.
Resource Type:
Peer-reviewed Article
Source:
Restoration Ecology