Journal name: Restoration ecology / Publication Year: 2019 / Subject: Brazil

Author:: Milena Fermina Rosenfield; Sandra Cristina Müller
Source:: Restoration ecology 2019 v.27 no.1 pp. 158-167
ISSN:: 1061-2971
Subject:: carbon nitrogen ratio; detritivores; ecosystems; functional diversity; natural regeneration; soil; species richness; trees; tropical forests; vegetation structure; Brazil
Abstract:: ... Restoration projects may have broad and complex ecological goals that require distinct and integrative measures for evaluating restoration development and success. However, most studies usually evaluate structural and species composition parameters, with less emphasis on ecological processes and functioning. The main objective of this study is to use an integrated approach that considers structura ...
DOI:: 10.1111/rec.12828
: https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.12828

Author:: Marina Mazón; Nikolay Aguirre; Cristian Echeverría; James Aronson
Source:: Restoration ecology 2019 v.27 no.5 pp. 992-999
ISSN:: 1061-2971
Subject:: chronosequences; ecological function; ecological restoration; ecosystems; education; environmental indicators; governance; monitoring; tropical dry forests; tropical rain forests; Brazil; Caribbean; Latin America
Abstract:: ... Ecological restoration is becoming mainstreamed worldwide but target ecosystems' responses to restorative interventions are not sufficiently monitored, in terms of the wide range of ecological, social, and economic attributes available. In order to highlight and better understand this problem, we conducted a literature review of the ecological, social, and economic attributes cited in the scientif ...
DOI:: 10.1111/rec.12986
: https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.12986

Author:: Natashi A. L. Pilon; Geissianny B. Assis; Flaviana M. Souza; Giselda Durigan
Source:: Restoration ecology 2019 v.27 no.3 pp. 569-580
ISSN:: 1061-2971
Subject:: cerrado; direct seeding; ecological invasion; ecosystems; grasslands; ground vegetation; herbaceous plants; land use change; seed germination; species reintroduction; species richness; topsoil; vegetation cover; Brazil
Abstract:: ... Neotropical grasslands have undergone intensive degradation by land conversion or biological invasion, but their restoration is still challenging. Here, we integrated two approaches to (1) assess the resilience of pristine dry and wet cerrado grasslands after removal of plants and topsoil and (2) evaluate the effectiveness of different treatments based on the material extracted from pristine grass ...
DOI:: 10.1111/rec.12902
: https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.12902

Author:: Danilo I. de Urzedo; Robert Fisher; Fatima C. M. Piña‐Rodrigues; Juliana M. Freire; Rodrigo G. P. Junqueira
Source:: Restoration ecology 2019 v.27 no.4 pp. 768-774
ISSN:: 1061-2971
Subject:: business enterprises; collectors; decision making; ecological restoration; experts; indigenous species; issues and policy; plants (botany); quality control; seed markets; seed quality; seeds; stakeholders; technology; Brazil
Abstract:: ... Large‐scale ecological restoration programs across the world involve a voluminous demand for native seeds of diverse native plant species. In this article, we explore how institutional systems have operated and impacted native seed supply in Brazil. Native seed supply for restoration is essentially a community‐based activity which faces broad barriers to operating within regulations because of req ...
DOI:: 10.1111/rec.12936
: https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.12936

Author:: Isabel B. Schmidt; Maxmiller C. Ferreira; Alexandre B. Sampaio; Bruno M. T. Walter; Daniel L. M. Vieira; Karen D. Holl
Source:: Restoration ecology 2019 v.27 no.5 pp. 942-948
ISSN:: 1061-2971
Subject:: botanical composition; cerrado; disturbed soils; fire frequency; forbs; forests; funding; grasses; grassland restoration; grasslands; humans; land use; planting; savannas; soil quality; trees; woody plants; Brazil
Abstract:: ... Defining the reference system for restoration projects in regions characterized by complex vegetation mosaics is challenging. Here we use the Cerrado region of Brazil as an example of the importance of clearly defining multiple natural and anthropogenically altered states in grassland‐savanna‐forest mosaics. We define three main, natural vegetation types–grassland, savanna, and scleromorphic (cerr ...
DOI:: 10.1111/rec.12981
: https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.12981

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