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Jakovac C, Korys KA, Rodrigues AF, Ronix A, Tubenchlak F, Monteiro LM, Lemgruber L, Santos HS, Mendes M, Junqueira AB, Crouzeilles R, Maioli V, Latawiec AE. Meta-analysis of carbon stocks and biodiversity outcomes across Brazilian restored biomes. Sci Total Environ 2024; 906:167558. [PMID: 37802339 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 10/01/2023] [Accepted: 10/01/2023] [Indexed: 10/08/2023]
Abstract
Ecosystem restoration strategies vary widely in the techniques applied and ecological contexts. We conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate how restoration success varies across socio-ecological contexts, taxonomic groups and biomes. Restoration success is quantified as the percentage of each ecological metric value attained in the restoration site compared to the reference systems. We show that restoration success is different for plants, animals, and soils and across ecological indicators. Abundance of individuals is easier to restore than carbon stocks, which are easier than species diversity. However, abundance may be a poor indicator of ecosystem recovery because there is no unidirectional trend over time, and abundance often fails to distinguish restored from degraded areas. We also found that carbon stocks in the soil and in the vegetation are restored at analogous paces, but the recovery of soil carbon stocks is less variable than plant stocks across sites. Our results demonstrate that different restoration techniques are effective in recovering diversity and carbon stocks, but assisted natural regeneration showed a slightly higher success compared to other strategies. However, there is a considerable difficulty in restoring converted and degraded areas to achieve conditions similar to the original ecosystems. It is critical and timely to investigate benefits and effectiveness of ecosystem restoration techniques to biodiversity and carbon recovery different ecosystem types to improve the restoration effectiveness.
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Affiliation(s)
- Catarina Jakovac
- Federal University of Santa Catarina, Rod. Admar Gonzaga, 1346, Itacorubi, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina 88034-000, Brazil; International Institute for Sustainability, R. Dona Castorina 124, Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro 22460-320, Brazil
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- International Institute for Sustainability, R. Dona Castorina 124, Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro 22460-320, Brazil
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- International Institute for Sustainability, R. Dona Castorina 124, Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro 22460-320, Brazil; Departament of Geography and Environment - Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, R. Marquês de São Vicente, 225, Gávea, Rio de Janeiro 22451-000, Brazil
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- International Institute for Sustainability, R. Dona Castorina 124, Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro 22460-320, Brazil
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- International Institute for Sustainability, R. Dona Castorina 124, Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro 22460-320, Brazil
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- International Institute for Sustainability, R. Dona Castorina 124, Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro 22460-320, Brazil; Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, 81 Carrigan Drive, Burlington, VT 05405, United States of America; Gund Institute for Environment, University of Vermont, Farrell Hall, 210 Colchester Avenue, Burlington, VT 05405, United States of America
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- International Institute for Sustainability, R. Dona Castorina 124, Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro 22460-320, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- International Institute for Sustainability, R. Dona Castorina 124, Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro 22460-320, Brazil
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- International Institute for Sustainability, R. Dona Castorina 124, Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro 22460-320, Brazil; Institut de Ciéncia i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Edifici ICTA-ICP, Carrer de les Columnes s/n, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Institute for Capacity Exchange in Environmental Decisions, Ground Floor 490 Northbourne Avenue, Canberra, ACT 2602, Australia
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- International Institute for Sustainability, R. Dona Castorina 124, Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro 22460-320, Brazil; World Wild Fund for Nature, CLS 114 Bloco D, 35, Asa Sul, CEP 70377-540 Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- International Institute for Sustainability, R. Dona Castorina 124, Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro 22460-320, Brazil; Departament of Geography and Environment - Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, R. Marquês de São Vicente, 225, Gávea, Rio de Janeiro 22451-000, Brazil; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Opole University of Technology, Mikołajczyka 5, 45-271 Opole, Poland; School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK.
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Strassburg BBN, Iribarrem A, Beyer HL, Cordeiro CL, Crouzeilles R, Jakovac C, Junqueira AB, Lacerda E, Latawiec AE, Balmford A, Brooks TM, Butchart SHM, Chazdon RL, Erb KH, Brancalion P, Buchanan G, Cooper D, Díaz S, Donald PF, Kapos V, Leclère D, Miles L, Obersteiner M, Plutzar C, Scaramuzza CADM, Scarano FR, Visconti P. Reply to: The risks of overstating the climate benefits of ecosystem restoration. Nature 2022; 609:E4-E6. [PMID: 36071185 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04882-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Bernardo B N Strassburg
- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. .,International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. .,Programa de Pós Graduacão em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. .,Botanical Garden Research Institute of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Programa de Pós Graduacão em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Agricultural Science Center, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
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- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Department of Geography, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Brazil
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- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Department of Production Engineering, Logistics and Applied Computer Science, Faculty of Production and Power Engineering, University of Agriculture in Kraków, Kraków, Poland.,School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Gland, Switzerland.,World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF), University of The Philippines, Los Baños, The Philippines.,Institute for Marine & Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.,BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK
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- International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.,World Resources Institute, Global Restoration Initiative, Washington, DC, USA.,Tropical Forests and People Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Queensland, Australia
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- Institute of Social Ecology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Forest Sciences, 'Luiz de Queiroz' College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil
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- RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Edinburgh, UK
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- Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal, CONICET and Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.,BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.,RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Edinburgh, UK
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- United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, UK
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- Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR) program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria
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- United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, UK
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- Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR) program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria
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- Institute of Social Ecology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Vienna, Austria.,Division of Conservation Biology, Vegetation Ecology and Landscape Ecology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Programa de Pós Graduacão em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR) program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria
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Strassburg BBN, Iribarrem A, Beyer HL, Cordeiro CL, Crouzeilles R, Jakovac CC, Braga Junqueira A, Lacerda E, Latawiec AE, Balmford A, Brooks TM, Butchart SHM, Chazdon RL, Erb KH, Brancalion P, Buchanan G, Cooper D, Díaz S, Donald PF, Kapos V, Leclère D, Miles L, Obersteiner M, Plutzar C, de M Scaramuzza CA, Scarano FR, Visconti P. Author Correction: Global priority areas for ecosystem restoration. Nature 2022; 609:E7. [PMID: 36042334 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05178-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Bernardo B N Strassburg
- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. .,International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. .,Programa de Pós Graduacão em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. .,Botanical Garden Research Institute of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Programa de Pós Graduacão em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Forest Ecology and Management Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Department of Geography, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Brazil
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- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Department of Production Engineering, Logistics and Applied Computer Science, Faculty of Production and Power Engineering, University of Agriculture in Kraków, Kraków, Poland.,School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Gland, Switzerland.,World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF), University of the Philippines, Los Baños, The Philippines.,Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.,BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK
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- International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.,World Resources Institute, Global Restoration Initiative, Washington, DC, USA.,Tropical Forests and People Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
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- Institute of Social Ecology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Forest Sciences, 'Luiz de Queiroz' College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil
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- RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Edinburgh, UK
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- Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal, CONICET and Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.,BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.,RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Edinburgh, UK
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- UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, UK
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- Ecosystem Services Management (ESM) Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria
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- UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, UK
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- Ecosystem Services Management (ESM) Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria.,Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, Oxford, UK
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- Institute of Social Ecology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Vienna, Austria.,Division of Conservation Biology, Vegetation Ecology and Landscape Ecology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Programa de Pós Graduacão em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Ecosystem Services Management (ESM) Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria
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Allek A, Viany Prieto P, Korys KA, Rodrigues AF, Latawiec AE, Crouzeilles R. How does forest restoration affect the recovery of soil quality? A global meta‐analysis for tropical and temperate regions. Restor Ecol 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/rec.13747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Adriana Allek
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 68020 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro 22453900 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro 22453900 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro 22453900 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability Rio de Janeiro RJ 22460‐320 Brazil
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- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro 22453900 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability Rio de Janeiro RJ 22460‐320 Brazil
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- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro 22453900 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability Rio de Janeiro RJ 22460‐320 Brazil
- Department of Production Engineering, Logistic and Applied Computer Sciences, Faculty of Production and Power Engineering University of Agriculture in Kraków, Balicka 116B 30‐149 Kraków Poland
- School of Environmental Science University of East Anglia Norwich NR4 7TJ UK
- Opole University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Process and Environmental Engineering ul. S. Mikołajczyka 5 45‐271 Opole Poland
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 68020 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro 22453900 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability Rio de Janeiro RJ 22460‐320 Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability Australia Canberra 2602, ACT Australia
- Universidade Veiga de Almeida 20271‐901 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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Prieto PV, Bukoski JJ, Barros FSM, Beyer HL, Iribarrem A, Brancalion PHS, Chazdon RL, Lindenmayer DB, Strassburg BBN, Guariguata MR, Crouzeilles R. Predicting landscape-scale biodiversity recovery by natural tropical forest regrowth. Conserv Biol 2022; 36:e13842. [PMID: 34705299 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2021] [Revised: 09/06/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Natural forest regrowth is a cost-effective, nature-based solution for biodiversity recovery, yet different socioenvironmental factors can lead to variable outcomes. A critical knowledge gap in forest restoration planning is how to predict where natural forest regrowth is likely to lead to high levels of biodiversity recovery, which is an indicator of conservation value and the potential provisioning of diverse ecosystem services. We sought to predict and map landscape-scale recovery of species richness and total abundance of vertebrates, invertebrates, and plants in tropical and subtropical second-growth forests to inform spatial restoration planning. First, we conducted a global meta-analysis to quantify the extent to which recovery of species richness and total abundance in second-growth forests deviated from biodiversity values in reference old-growth forests in the same landscape. Second, we employed a machine-learning algorithm and a comprehensive set of socioenvironmental factors to spatially predict landscape-scale deviation and map it. Models explained on average 34% of observed variance in recovery (range 9-51%). Landscape-scale biodiversity recovery in second-growth forests was spatially predicted based on socioenvironmental landscape factors (human demography, land use and cover, anthropogenic and natural disturbance, ecosystem productivity, and topography and soil chemistry); was significantly higher for species richness than for total abundance for vertebrates (median range-adjusted predicted deviation 0.09 vs. 0.34) and invertebrates (0.2 vs. 0.35) but not for plants (which showed a similar recovery for both metrics [0.24 vs. 0.25]); and was positively correlated for total abundance of plant and vertebrate species (Pearson r = 0.45, p = 0.001). Our approach can help identify tropical and subtropical forest landscapes with high potential for biodiversity recovery through natural forest regrowth.
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Affiliation(s)
- Pablo V Prieto
- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- The Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science, Conservation International, Arlington, Virginia, USA
- Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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- International Institute for Sustainability Australia, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- Centro de Referencia en Tecnologías de la Información para la Gestión con Software Libre (CeRTIG+SoL), Universidad Nacional de Misiones (UNaM), Misiones, Argentina
- Departamento de Geografía, Instituto Superior Antonio Ruiz de Montoya, Misiones, Argentina
- Instituto Misionero de Biodiversidad, Posadas, Misiones, Argentina
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- International Institute for Sustainability Australia, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- Global Change Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Forest Sciences, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil
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- International Institute for Sustainability Australia, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
- Tropical Forests and People Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
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- Sustainable Farms, Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability Australia, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Mestrado Profissional em Ciências do Meio Ambiente, Universidade Veiga de Almeida, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Gastauer M, Miazaki AS, Crouzeilles R, Tavares PA, Lino EDSM, Rodrigues RR. Balancing natural forest regrowth and tree planting to ensure social fairness and compliance with environmental policies. J Appl Ecol 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.14065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Pós‐Graduação em Ciências AmbientaisUniversidade do Estado de Minas Gerais Frutal Brazil
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- International Institute for Sustainability Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability Australia Canberra ACT Australia
- Mestrado Profissional em Ciências do Meio AmbienteVeiga de Almeida University Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Department of Soil Science College of Agriculture “Luiz de Queiroz” University of São Paulo Piracicaba Brazil
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- Department of Biological Science College of Agriculture “Luiz de Queiroz” University of São Paulo Piracicaba Brazil
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López‐Cubillos S, Muñoz‐Ávila L, Roberson LA, Suárez‐Castro AF, Ochoa‐Quintero JM, Crouzeilles R, Gallo‐Cajiao E, Rhodes J, Dressler W, Martinez‐Harms MJ, Runting RK. The landmark Escazú Agreement: An opportunity to integrate democracy, human rights, and transboundary conservation. Conserv Lett 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/conl.12838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Sofía López‐Cubillos
- School of Earth and Environmental Science University of Queensland St. Lucia Queensland Australia
- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science University of Queensland St. Lucia Queensland Australia
- Fundación Manigua desde la Tierra Bogotá Colombia
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- Facultad de Jurisprudencia Universidad del Rosario Bogotá Colombia
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- School of Earth and Environmental Science University of Queensland St. Lucia Queensland Australia
- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science University of Queensland St. Lucia Queensland Australia
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science University of Queensland St. Lucia Queensland Australia
- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt Bogotá Colombia
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- International Institute for Sustainability Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability Australia Australian Capital Territory Canberra Australia
- Mestrado Profissional em Ciências do Meio Ambiente Veiga de Almeida University Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- School of Marine and Environmental Affairs University of Washington Seattle Washington USA
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- School of Earth and Environmental Science University of Queensland St. Lucia Queensland Australia
- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science University of Queensland St. Lucia Queensland Australia
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- School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences University of Melbourne Parkville Victoria Australia
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- Instituto Milenio en Socio Ecología Costera Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Santiago Chile
- Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad Santiago Chile
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- School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences University of Melbourne Parkville Victoria Australia
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Jakovac CC, Junqueira AB, Crouzeilles R, Peña-Claros M, Mesquita RCG, Bongers F. The role of land-use history in driving successional pathways and its implications for the restoration of tropical forests. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2021; 96:1114-1134. [PMID: 33709566 PMCID: PMC8360101 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Revised: 02/03/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2021] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
Abstract
Secondary forests are increasingly important components of human‐modified landscapes in the tropics. Successional pathways, however, can vary enormously across and within landscapes, with divergent regrowth rates, vegetation structure and species composition. While climatic and edaphic conditions drive variations across regions, land‐use history plays a central role in driving alternative successional pathways within human‐modified landscapes. How land use affects succession depends on its intensity, spatial extent, frequency, duration and management practices, and is mediated by a complex combination of mechanisms acting on different ecosystem components and at different spatial and temporal scales. We review the literature aiming to provide a comprehensive understanding of the mechanisms underlying the long‐lasting effects of land use on tropical forest succession and to discuss its implications for forest restoration. We organize it following a framework based on the hierarchical model of succession and ecological filtering theory. This review shows that our knowledge is mostly derived from studies in Neotropical forests regenerating after abandonment of shifting cultivation or pasture systems. Vegetation is the ecological component assessed most often. Little is known regarding how the recovery of belowground processes and microbiota communities is affected by previous land‐use history. In published studies, land‐use history has been mostly characterized by type, without discrimination of intensity, extent, duration or frequency. We compile and discuss the metrics used to describe land‐use history, aiming to facilitate future studies. The literature shows that (i) species availability to succession is affected by transformations in the landscape that affect dispersal, and by management practices and seed predation, which affect the composition and diversity of propagules on site. Once a species successfully reaches an abandoned field, its establishment and performance are dependent on resistance to management practices, tolerance to (modified) soil conditions, herbivory, competition with weeds and invasive species, and facilitation by remnant trees. (ii) Structural and compositional divergences at early stages of succession remain for decades, suggesting that early communities play an important role in governing further ecosystem functioning and processes during succession. Management interventions at early stages could help enhance recovery rates and manipulate successional pathways. (iii) The combination of local and landscape conditions defines the limitations to succession and therefore the potential for natural regeneration to restore ecosystem properties effectively. The knowledge summarized here could enable the identification of conditions in which natural regeneration could efficiently promote forest restoration, and where specific management practices are required to foster succession. Finally, characterization of the landscape context and previous land‐use history is essential to understand the limitations to succession and therefore to define cost‐effective restoration strategies. Advancing knowledge on these two aspects is key for finding generalizable relations that will increase the predictability of succession and the efficiency of forest restoration under different landscape contexts.
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- Catarina C Jakovac
- International Institute for Sustainability, Estrada Dona Castorina, 124, Rio de Janeiro, 22460-320, Brazil.,Forest Ecology and Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, 6700 AA, The Netherlands
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- International Institute for Sustainability, Estrada Dona Castorina, 124, Rio de Janeiro, 22460-320, Brazil.,Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Carrer de les Columnes s/n, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, 08193, Spain
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- International Institute for Sustainability, Estrada Dona Castorina, 124, Rio de Janeiro, 22460-320, Brazil.,International Institute for Sustainability Australia, Canberra, ACT, 2602, Australia.,Mestrado Profissional em Ciências do Meio Ambiente, Universidade Veiga de Almeida, Rio de Janeiro, 20271-901, Brazil
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- Forest Ecology and Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, 6700 AA, The Netherlands
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- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Av. André Araújo, 2936, Manaus, 69083-000, Brazil
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- Forest Ecology and Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, 6700 AA, The Netherlands
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César RG, Moreno VDS, Coletta GD, Schweizer D, Chazdon RL, Barlow J, Ferraz SFB, Crouzeilles R, Brancalion PHS. It is not just about time: Agricultural practices and surrounding forest cover affect secondary forest recovery in agricultural landscapes. Biotropica 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/btp.12893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- Ricardo G. César
- Department of Forest Sciences, “Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture University of São Paulo Piracicaba Brazil
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- Department of Forest Sciences, “Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture University of São Paulo Piracicaba Brazil
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- Plant Biology Graduate Program, Biology Institute University of Campinas Campinas Brazil
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- Department of Forest Sciences, “Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture University of São Paulo Piracicaba Brazil
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- Department of Forest Sciences, “Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture University of São Paulo Piracicaba Brazil
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Connecticut Storrs CT USA
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- Lancaster Environment Centre Lancaster University Lancaster UK
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- Department of Forest Sciences, “Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture University of São Paulo Piracicaba Brazil
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- International Institute for Sustainability Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability Australia Canberra ACT Australia
- Mestrado Profissional em Ciências do Meio Ambiente Universidade Veiga de Almeida Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Department of Forest Sciences, “Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture University of São Paulo Piracicaba Brazil
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Rosa MR, Brancalion PHS, Crouzeilles R, Tambosi LR, Piffer PR, Lenti FEB, Hirota M, Santiami E, Metzger JP. Hidden destruction of older forests threatens Brazil's Atlantic Forest and challenges restoration programs. Sci Adv 2021; 7:7/4/eabc4547. [PMID: 33523918 PMCID: PMC7817092 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abc4547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
Abstract
Understanding the dynamics of native forest loss and gain is critical for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services, especially in regions experiencing intense forest transformations. We quantified native forest cover dynamics on an annual basis from 1990 to 2017 in Brazil's Atlantic Forest. Despite the relative stability of native forest cover during this period (~28 Mha), the ongoing loss of older native forests, mostly on flatter terrains, have been hidden by the increasing gain of younger native forest cover, mostly on marginal lands for mechanized agriculture. Changes in native forest cover and its spatial distribution increased forest isolation in 36.4% of the landscapes. The clearance of older forests associated with the recut of 27% of younger forests has resulted in a progressive rejuvenation of the native forest cover. We highlight the need to include native forest spatiotemporal dynamics into restoration programs to better estimate their expected benefits and unexpected problems.
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- Marcos R Rosa
- Department of Geography, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Department of Forest Sciences, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability Australia, Canberra, ACT 2602, Australia
- Veiga de Almeida University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Center for Engineering, Modeling and Applied Social Sciences, Federal University of ABC, Santo André, Brazil
- Department of Ecology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology Department, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Ecology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Brancalion PHS, Broadbent EN, de-Miguel S, Cardil A, Rosa MR, Almeida CT, Almeida DRA, Chakravarty S, Zhou M, Gamarra JGP, Liang J, Crouzeilles R, Hérault B, Aragão LEOC, Silva CA, Almeyda-Zambrano AM. Emerging threats linking tropical deforestation and the COVID-19 pandemic. Perspect Ecol Conserv 2020; 18:243-246. [PMID: 33020748 PMCID: PMC7526655 DOI: 10.1016/j.pecon.2020.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2020] [Accepted: 09/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Tropical deforestation drivers are complex and can change rapidly in periods of profound societal transformation, such as those during a pandemic. Evidence suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic has spurred illegal, opportunistic forest clearing in tropical countries, threatening forest ecosystems and their resident human communities. A total of 9583 km2 of deforestation alerts from Global Land Analysis & Discovery (GLAD) were detected across the global tropics during the first month following the implementation of confinement measures of local governments to reduce COVID-19 spread, which is nearly double that of 2019 (4732 km2). We present a conceptual framework linking tropical deforestation and the current pandemic. Zoonotic diseases, public health, economy, agriculture, and forests may all be reciprocally linked in complex positive and negative feedback loops with overarching consequences. We highlight the emerging threats to nature and society resulting from this complex reciprocal interplay and possible policy interventions that could minimize these threats.
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- Pedro H S Brancalion
- Department of Forest Sciences, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP 13418-900, Brazil
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- Spatial Ecology and Conservation Lab, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Department of Crop and Forest Sciences, University of Lleida, E-25198 Lleida, Spain
- Joint Research Unit CTFC - AGROTECNIO, E-25280 Solsona, Spain
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- Department of Crop and Forest Sciences, University of Lleida, E-25198 Lleida, Spain
- Joint Research Unit CTFC - AGROTECNIO, E-25280 Solsona, Spain
- Technosylva Inc., La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Geography, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP 05508-000, Brazil
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- Department of Forest Sciences, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP 13418-900, Brazil
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- Department of Forest Sciences, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP 13418-900, Brazil
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- Forest Advanced Computing and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Forest Advanced Computing and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Forest Advanced Computing and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22460-320, Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability Australia, ACT 2602, Australia
- Mestrado Profissional em Ciências do Meio Ambiente, Universidade Veiga de Almeida, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20271-901, Brazil
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- Cirad, UPR Forêts and Societies, Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire
- Forests and Societies, Univiversity of Montpellier, Cirad, Montpellier, France
- Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny, INPHB, Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire
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- Remote Sensing Division, National Institute for Space Research (INPE), Av. dos Astronautas, 1758, 12227-010 São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4RJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD MD 20740, USA
- School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Spatial Ecology and Conservation Lab, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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Allek A, Crouzeilles R. Soil dynamics in forest restoration: a data set for temperate and tropical regions. Ecology 2020; 102:e03207. [PMID: 32981066 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2020] [Revised: 07/08/2020] [Accepted: 08/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Restoring forest ecosystems has become a global priority. Yet, soil dynamics are still poorly assessed among restoration studies and there is a lack of knowledge on how soil is affected by forest restoration process. Here, we compile information on soil dynamics in forest restoration based on soil physical, chemical, and biological attributes in temperate and tropical forest regions. It encompasses 50 scientific papers across 17 different countries and contains 1,469 points of quantitative information of soil attributes between reference (e.g., old-growth forest) and restored ecosystems (e.g., forests in their initial or secondary stage of succession) within the same study. To be selected, studies had to be conducted in forest ecosystems, to include multiple sampling sites (replicates) in both restored and reference ecosystems, and to encompass quantitative data of soil attributes for both reference and restored ecosystems. We recorded in each study the following information: (1) study year, (2) country, (3) forest region (tropical or temperate), (4) latitude, (5) longitude, (6) soil class, (7) past disturbance, (8) restoration strategy (active or passive), (9) restoration age, (10) soil attribute type (physical, chemical, or biological); (11) soil attribute, (12) soil attribute unit, (13) soil sampling (procedures), (14) date of sampling, (15) soil depth sampled, (16) soil analysis, (17) quantitative values of soil attributes for both restored and reference ecosystems, (18) type of variation (standard error of deviation) for both restored and reference ecosystems, and (19) quantitative values of the variation for both restored and reference ecosystems. These were the most common data available in the selected studies. This extensive database on the extent soil physical, chemical, and biological attributes differ between reference and restored ecosystems can fill part of the existing gap on both soil science and forest restoration in terms of (1) which are the critical soil attributes to be monitored during forest restoration? and (2) how do environmental factors affect soil attributes in forest restoration? The data will be made available to the scientific community for further analyses on both soil science and forest restoration. Soil information gaps during the forest restoration process and their general patterns can be addressed using this data set. There are no copyright or proprietary restrictions.
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- Adriana Allek
- Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 68020, Brazil.,Department of Geography and the Environment, Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro, 22453900, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 68020, Brazil.,Department of Geography and the Environment, Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro, 22453900, Brazil.,International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, 22460-320, Brazil.,International Institute for Sustainability Australia, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 2602, Australia.,Mestrado Profissional em Ciências do Meio Ambiente, Universidade Veiga de Almeida, Rio de Janeiro, 20271-901, Brazil
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Crouzeilles R, Maurenza D, Prieto PV, Barros FSM, Jakovac C, Ferreira MS, Chazdon RL, Lindenmayer DB, Brancalion PHS, Ceccon E, Adams C, Lazos‐Chavero E, Monteiro L, Junqueira AB, Strassburg BBN, Guariguata MR. Associations between socio‐environmental factors and landscape‐scale biodiversity recovery in naturally regenerating tropical and subtropical forests. Conserv Lett 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/conl.12768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Renato Crouzeilles
- International Institute for Sustainability Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability Australia Canberra Australia
- Mestrado Profissional em Ciências do Meio Ambiente Universidade Veiga de Almeida Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment Pontifícia Universidade Católica Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Ecologia Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment Pontifícia Universidade Católica Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Ecologia Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment Pontifícia Universidade Católica Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- International Institute for Sustainability Australia Canberra Australia
- Instituto Misionero de Biodiversidad Posadas Misiones Argentina
- Departamento de Geografía Instituto Superior Antonio Ruiz de Montoya Posadas Misiones Argentina
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- International Institute for Sustainability Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Forest Ecology and Forest Management group Wageningen University Wageningen The Netherlands
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- Mestrado Profissional em Ciências do Meio Ambiente Universidade Veiga de Almeida Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- International Institute for Sustainability Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability Australia Canberra Australia
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Connecticut Storrs Connecticut USA
- Tropical Forests and People Research Center University of the Sunshine Coast Sippy Downs Queensland Australia
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- Sustainable Farms, Fenner School of Environment and Society The Australian National University Canberra Australia
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- Department of Forest Sciences, “Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture University of São Paulo Piracicaba Brazil
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- Centro Regional de Investigaciones Multidisciplinarias Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Morelos Mexico
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- Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades e Instituto de Energia e Ambiente Universidade de São Paulo São Paulo Brazil
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Mexico City Mexico
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- International Institute for Sustainability Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- International Institute for Sustainability Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment Pontifícia Universidade Católica Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Barcelona Spain
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- International Institute for Sustainability Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability Australia Canberra Australia
- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment Pontifícia Universidade Católica Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Ecologia Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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Niemeyer J, Barros FSM, Silva DS, Crouzeilles R, Vale MM. Planning forest restoration within private land holdings with conservation co-benefits at the landscape scale. Sci Total Environ 2020; 717:135262. [PMID: 31839295 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2019] [Revised: 10/25/2019] [Accepted: 10/27/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Forest loss is mainly due to the conversion of forest to agriculture, mostly in private lands. Forest restoration is a global priority, yet restoration targets are ambitious and budget-limited. Therefore, assessing the outcome of alternative decisions on land-use within private lands is paramount to perform cost-effective restoration. We present a novel framework that incorporates spatial planning for forest restoration within private lands with conservation co-benefits at the landscape scale. As a case study, we used three real landscapes of 10.000 ha with differing amounts of forest cover in the Atlantic Forest region of Brazil, and three hypothetical animal species with different dispersal abilities. We estimated the total amount of forest that landholders must restore to comply with the Native Vegetation Protection Law, which requires landholders to reforest 20% of their land within a 20-year time frame. We compared the cost-effectiveness of five restoration strategies based on the improvement in habitat availability and restoration costs. The most cost-effective strategy depends on a landscape's initial amount of forest cover and the species of concern. We revealed that spatial planning for restoration in private lands increased habitat availability up to 12 times more than random restoration, which was always the least cost-effective strategy. Cost-effective large-scale restoration in Brazil depends on public policies that assist landholders to comply with the law and on prioritizing areas for restoration within private lands. We show that by adding habitat availability as target in spatial prioritization, benefits for biodiversity can be hastened at low additional cost, even in real world scenarios with severe spatial constraints. Despite constraints, spatially planned restoration for law compliance in Brazil increased landscape permeability by creating corridors and stepping stones. Our framework should be used to plan restoration in Brazilian private lands and can be customized for other regions worldwide.
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- Julia Niemeyer
- Graduate Program in Ecology (PPGE), Biology Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Centro de Ciências da Saúde (CCS) - Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, 373, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 21941-902, Brazil.
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- International Institute for Sustainability (IIS), Estrada Dona Castorina 124, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 22460-320, Brazil; Centro de Referencia en Tecnologías de la Información para la Gestión con Software Libre (CeRTIG+SoL), Universidad Nacional de Misiones (UNaM), 3300 Ruta 12 Km. 7 y 1/2 - Miguel Lanús Posadas, Misiones, Argentina; Departamento de Geografía, Instituto Superior Antonio Ruiz de Montoya, 3300. Ayacucho 1962. Posadas, Misiones, Argentina
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- Department of Geography & the Environment, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78705, USA
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- International Institute for Sustainability (IIS), Estrada Dona Castorina 124, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 22460-320, Brazil; Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro, -RJ, 22453-900, Brazil; Department of Ecology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), C.P. 68020, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 21941-902, Brazil
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- Department of Ecology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), C.P. 68020, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 21941-902, Brazil; International Global Change Laboratory (LINCGlobal), Instituto de Recursos Naturales, CCMA, CSIC, Serrano 115, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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Strassburg BBN, Beyer HL, Crouzeilles R, Iribarrem A, Barros F, de Siqueira MF, Sánchez-Tapia A, Balmford A, Sansevero JBB, Brancalion PHS, Broadbent EN, Chazdon RL, Filho AO, Gardner TA, Gordon A, Latawiec A, Loyola R, Metzger JP, Mills M, Possingham HP, Rodrigues RR, Scaramuzza CADM, Scarano FR, Tambosi L, Uriarte M. Author Correction: Strategic approaches to restoring ecosystems can triple conservation gains and halve costs. Nat Ecol Evol 2020; 4:765. [PMID: 32327744 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-020-1211-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
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- Bernardo B N Strassburg
- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. .,International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. .,Programa de Pós Graduacão em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Programa de Pós Graduacão em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Spatial Ecology and Conservation Lab, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.,World Resources Institute, Global Restoration Initiative, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Botanic, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Stockholm Environment Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- School of Global Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Informatics, Faculty of Production and Power Engineering, University of Agriculture in Kraków, Kraków, Poland.,School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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- Laboratório de Biogeografia da Conservação, Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil
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- Department of Ecology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, Berkshire, UK
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- The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA, USA.,The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Biological Science, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós Graduacão em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,The Brazilian Foundation for Sustainable Development, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Centro de Engenharia, Modelagem e Ciências Sociais Aplicadas, Federal University of ABC, Santo André, Brazil
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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Crouzeilles R, Beyer HL, Monteiro LM, Feltran-Barbieri R, Pessôa ACM, Barros FSM, Lindenmayer DB, Lino EDSM, Grelle CEV, Chazdon RL, Matsumoto M, Rosa M, Latawiec AE, Strassburg BBN. Achieving cost‐effective landscape‐scale forest restoration through targeted natural regeneration. Conserv Lett 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/conl.12709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Renato Crouzeilles
- International Institute for Sustainability Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the EnvironmentPontifícia Universidade Católica Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em EcologiaUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability Australia Canberra ACT 2602 Australia
- Mestrado Profissional em Ciências do Meio AmbienteUniversidade Veiga de Almeida 20271‐901 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Global Change InstituteUniversity of Queensland St Lucia Queensland Australia
- International Institute for Sustainability Australia Canberra ACT 2602 Australia
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- International Institute for Sustainability Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- National Institute for Space Research São José dos Campos Brazil
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- International Institute for Sustainability Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Centro de Referencia en Tecnologías de la Información para la Gestión con Software LibreUniversidad Nacional de Misiones Misiones Argentina
- Departamento de GeografíaInstituto Superior Antonio Ruiz de Montoya Misiones Argentina
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- Sustainble Farms, Fenner School of Environment and SocietyAustralian National University Canberra Australia
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em EcologiaUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Laboratory of VertebratesFederal University of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- International Institute for Sustainability Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyUniversity of Connecticut Storrs Connecticut
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geografia Física, Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências HumanasUniversidade de São Paulo São Paulo Brazil
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- International Institute for Sustainability Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the EnvironmentPontifícia Universidade Católica Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Faculty of Production and Power EngineeringInstitute of Agricultural Engineering and Informatics, University of Agriculture in Krakow Krakow Poland
- School of Environmental ScienceUniversity of East Anglia Norwich UK
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- International Institute for Sustainability Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the EnvironmentPontifícia Universidade Católica Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em EcologiaUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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Crouzeilles R, Barros FSM, Molin PG, Ferreira MS, Junqueira AB, Chazdon RL, Lindenmayer DB, Tymus JRC, Strassburg BBN, Brancalion PHS. A new approach to map landscape variation in forest restoration success in tropical and temperate forest biomes. J Appl Ecol 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Renato Crouzeilles
- International Institute for Sustainability Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre Department of Geography and the Environment Pontifícia Universidade Católica Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecologia Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- International Institute for Sustainability Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Reference Center on Technological Information and Management System with Free Software (CeRTIG + SoL) National University of Misiones Posadas Argentina
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- Center for Nature Sciences Federal University of São Carlos São Carlos Brazil
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- Mestrado Profissional em Ciências do Meio Ambiente Universidade Veiga de Almeida Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- International Institute for Sustainability Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre Department of Geography and the Environment Pontifícia Universidade Católica Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- International Institute for Sustainability Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Connecticut Storrs CT USA
- Tropical Forests and People Research Centre University of the Sunshine Coast Sunshine Coast QLD Australia
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- Sustainable Farms Fenner School of Environment and Society The Australian National University Canberra ACT Australia
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- International Institute for Sustainability Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre Department of Geography and the Environment Pontifícia Universidade Católica Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecologia Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Department of Forest Sciences, “Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture University of São Paulo Piracicaba Brazil
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Brancalion PHS, Niamir A, Broadbent E, Crouzeilles R, Barros FSM, Almeyda Zambrano AM, Baccini A, Aronson J, Goetz S, Reid JL, Strassburg BBN, Wilson S, Chazdon RL. Global restoration opportunities in tropical rainforest landscapes. Sci Adv 2019; 5:eaav3223. [PMID: 31281881 PMCID: PMC6609219 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aav3223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2018] [Accepted: 05/28/2019] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Over 140 Mha of restoration commitments have been pledged across the global tropics, yet guidance is needed to identify those landscapes where implementation is likely to provide the greatest potential benefits and cost-effective outcomes. By overlaying seven recent, peer-reviewed spatial datasets as proxies for socioenvironmental benefits and feasibility of restoration, we identified restoration opportunities (areas with higher potential return of benefits and feasibility) in lowland tropical rainforest landscapes. We found restoration opportunities throughout the tropics. Areas scoring in the top 10% (i.e., restoration hotspots) are located largely within conservation hotspots (88%) and in countries committed to the Bonn Challenge (73%), a global effort to restore 350 Mha by 2030. However, restoration hotspots represented only a small portion (19.1%) of the Key Biodiversity Area network. Concentrating restoration investments in landscapes with high benefits and feasibility would maximize the potential to mitigate anthropogenic impacts and improve human well-being.
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- Pedro H. S. Brancalion
- Department of Forest Sciences, “Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP 13418-900, Brazil
- Corresponding author.
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Institute, Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Spatial Ecology and Conservation Lab, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0100, USA
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- International Institute for Sustainability, 22460-320 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, 22453-900 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 68020 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Centro de Referencia en Tecnologías de la Información para la Gestión con Software Libre (CeRTIG+SoL), Universidad Nacional de Misiones, 3300 Ruta 12 Km 7 y 1/2 - Miguel Lanús Posadas, Misiones, Argentina
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- Woods Hole Research Center, 149 Woods Hole Road, Falmouth, MA 04523, USA
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- Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development, Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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- School of Informatics, Computing and Cyber Systems; Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5693 USA
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- Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development, Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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- International Institute for Sustainability, 22460-320 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, 22453-900 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 68020 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- People and Reforestation in the Tropics Research Coordination Network (PARTNERS), Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-3043, USA
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- Department of Forest Sciences, “Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP 13418-900, Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability, 22460-320 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-3043, USA
- Tropical Forests and People Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, Queensland 4558, Australia
- Global Restoration Initiative, World Resources Institute, Washington, DC 20002, USA
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Crouzeilles R, Santiami E, Rosa M, Pugliese L, Brancalion PH, Rodrigues RR, Metzger JP, Calmon M, Scaramuzza CADM, Matsumoto MH, Padovezi A, Benini RDM, Chaves RB, Metzker T, Fernandes RB, Scarano FR, Schmitt J, Lui G, Christ P, Vieira RM, Senta MM, Malaguti GA, Strassburg BB, Pinto S. There is hope for achieving ambitious Atlantic Forest restoration commitments. Perspect Ecol Conserv 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pecon.2019.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Mendes MS, Latawiec AE, Sansevero JBB, Crouzeilles R, Moraes LFD, Castro A, Alves-Pinto HN, Brancalion PHS, Rodrigues RR, Chazdon RL, Barros FSM, Santos J, Iribarrem A, Mata S, Lemgruber L, Rodrigues A, Korys K, Strassburg BBN. Look down-there is a gap-the need to include soil data in Atlantic Forest restoration. Restor Ecol 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/rec.12875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- Maiara S. Mendes
- Department of Geography and the Environment; Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Pontifícia Universidade Católica; 22453900, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability, Estrada Dona Castorina 124; 22460-320, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Escola Nacional de Botânica Tropical (ENBT), Rua Pacheco Leão, 2040-Solar da Imperatriz, Horto; 22460-036, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Department of Geography and the Environment; Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Pontifícia Universidade Católica; 22453900, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability, Estrada Dona Castorina 124; 22460-320, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Escola Nacional de Botânica Tropical (ENBT), Rua Pacheco Leão, 2040-Solar da Imperatriz, Horto; 22460-036, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Informatics, Faculty of Production and Power Engineering; University of Agriculture in Kraków, Balicka 116B; 30-149, Kraków Poland
- School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park; Norwich, NR4 7TJ U.K
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- Escola Nacional de Botânica Tropical (ENBT), Rua Pacheco Leão, 2040-Solar da Imperatriz, Horto; 22460-036, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Department of Environmental Science, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), Rodovia BR 465, Km 07; 23890-000, Seropédica Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Department of Geography and the Environment; Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Pontifícia Universidade Católica; 22453900, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability, Estrada Dona Castorina 124; 22460-320, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; 68020, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Escola Nacional de Botânica Tropical (ENBT), Rua Pacheco Leão, 2040-Solar da Imperatriz, Horto; 22460-036, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Embrapa Agrobiology, Rodovia BR 465, Km 7; 23891-000, Seropédica Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Department of Geography and the Environment; Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Pontifícia Universidade Católica; 22453900, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability, Estrada Dona Castorina 124; 22460-320, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Department of Geography and the Environment; Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Pontifícia Universidade Católica; 22453900, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability, Estrada Dona Castorina 124; 22460-320, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; 68020, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Florestais; Universidade de São Paulo, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Av. Pádua Dias 11; 13.418-900, Piracicaba SP Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas; Universidade de São Paulo, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Av. Pádua Dias n. 11; 13.418-900, Piracicaba SP Brazil
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- International Institute for Sustainability, Estrada Dona Castorina 124; 22460-320, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; University of Connecticut; Storrs CT 06269 U.S.A
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- International Institute for Sustainability, Estrada Dona Castorina 124; 22460-320, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Department of Geography and the Environment; Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Pontifícia Universidade Católica; 22453900, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability, Estrada Dona Castorina 124; 22460-320, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Department of Geography and the Environment; Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Pontifícia Universidade Católica; 22453900, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability, Estrada Dona Castorina 124; 22460-320, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Escola Nacional de Botânica Tropical (ENBT), Rua Pacheco Leão, 2040-Solar da Imperatriz, Horto; 22460-036, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Department of Geography and the Environment; Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Pontifícia Universidade Católica; 22453900, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability, Estrada Dona Castorina 124; 22460-320, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Department of Geography and the Environment; Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Pontifícia Universidade Católica; 22453900, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability, Estrada Dona Castorina 124; 22460-320, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Department of Geography and the Environment; Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Pontifícia Universidade Católica; 22453900, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability, Estrada Dona Castorina 124; 22460-320, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Department of Geography and the Environment; Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Pontifícia Universidade Católica; 22453900, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability, Estrada Dona Castorina 124; 22460-320, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; 68020, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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Crouzeilles R, Ferreira MS, Curran M. Forest restoration: a global dataset for biodiversity and vegetation structure. Ecology 2018; 97:2167. [PMID: 27859188 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.1474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2015] [Revised: 05/05/2016] [Accepted: 05/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Restoration initiatives are becoming increasingly applied around the world. Billions of dollars have been spent on ecological restoration research and initiatives, but restoration outcomes differ widely among these initiatives in part due to variable socioeconomic and ecological contexts. Here, we present the most comprehensive dataset gathered to date on forest restoration. It encompasses 269 primary studies across 221 study landscapes in 53 countries and contains 4,645 quantitative comparisons between reference ecosystems (e.g., old-growth forest) and degraded or restored ecosystems for five taxonomic groups (mammals, birds, invertebrates, herpetofauna, and plants) and five measures of vegetation structure reflecting different ecological processes (cover, density, height, biomass, and litter). We selected studies that (1) were conducted in forest ecosystems; (2) had multiple replicate sampling sites to measure indicators of biodiversity and/or vegetation structure in reference and restored and/or degraded ecosystems; and (3) used less-disturbed forests as a reference to the ecosystem under study. We recorded (1) latitude and longitude; (2) study year; (3) country; (4) biogeographic realm; (5) past disturbance type; (6) current disturbance type; (7) forest conversion class; (8) restoration activity; (9) time that a system has been disturbed; (10) time elapsed since restoration started; (11) ecological metric used to assess biodiversity; and (12) quantitative value of the ecological metric of biodiversity and/or vegetation structure for reference and restored and/or degraded ecosystems. These were the most common data available in the selected studies. We also estimated forest cover and configuration in each study landscape using a recently developed 1 km consensus land cover dataset. We measured forest configuration as the (1) mean size of all forest patches; (2) size of the largest forest patch; and (3) edge:area ratio of forest patches. Global analyses of the factors influencing ecological restoration success at both the local and landscape scale are urgently needed to guide restoration initiatives and to further develop restoration knowledge in a topic area of much contemporary interest.
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- Renato Crouzeilles
- International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 22460-320, Brazil.,Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 22453900, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Vertebrados, Departament of Ecology, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 68020, Brazil
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- Group of Ecological Systems Design, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, Zürich, 8093, Switzerland
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Vale MM, Souza TV, Alves MAS, Crouzeilles R. Planning protected areas network that are relevant today and under future climate change is possible: the case of Atlantic Forest endemic birds. PeerJ 2018; 6:e4689. [PMID: 29844952 PMCID: PMC5971100 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2017] [Accepted: 04/10/2018] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Background A key strategy in biodiversity conservation is the establishment of protected areas. In the future, however, the redistribution of species in response to ongoing climate change is likely to affect species’ representativeness in those areas. Here we quantify the effectiveness of planning protected areas network to represent 151 birds endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest hotspot, under current and future climate change conditions for 2050. Methods We combined environmental niche modeling and systematic conservation planning using both a county and a regional level planning strategy. We recognized the conflict between biodiversity conservation and economic development, including socio-economic targets (as opposed to biological only) and using planning units that are meaningful for policy-makers. Results We estimated an average contraction of 29,500 km2 in environmentally suitable areas for birds, representing 52% of currently suitable areas. Still, the most cost-effective solution represented almost all target species, requiring only ca. 10% of the Atlantic Forest counties to achieve that representativeness, independent of strategy. More than 50% of these counties were selected both in the current and future planned networks, representing >83% of the species. Discussion Our results indicate that: (i) planning protected areas network currently can be useful to represent species under climate change; (ii) the overlapped planning units in the best solution for both current and future conditions can be considered as “no regret” areas; (iii) priority counties are spread throughout the biome, providing specific guidance wherever the possibility of creating protected area arises; and (iv) decisions can occur at different administrative spheres (Federal, State or County) as we found quite similar numerical solutions using either county or regional level strategies.
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- Mariana M Vale
- Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Instituto de Recursos Naturales, Laboratorio Internacional de Cambio Global, Madrid, Spain.,Brazilian Research Network on Global Climate Change-Rede Clima, São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Ecology Department, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Instituto Internacional de Sustentabilidade, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Crouzeilles R, Ferreira MS, Chazdon RL, Lindenmayer DB, Sansevero JBB, Monteiro L, Iribarrem A, Latawiec AE, Strassburg BBN. Ecological restoration success is higher for natural regeneration than for active restoration in tropical forests. Sci Adv 2017; 3:e1701345. [PMID: 29134195 PMCID: PMC5677348 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1701345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2017] [Accepted: 10/16/2017] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Is active restoration the best approach to achieve ecological restoration success (the return to a reference condition, that is, old-growth forest) when compared to natural regeneration in tropical forests? Our meta-analysis of 133 studies demonstrated that natural regeneration surpasses active restoration in achieving tropical forest restoration success for all three biodiversity groups (plants, birds, and invertebrates) and five measures of vegetation structure (cover, density, litter, biomass, and height) tested. Restoration success for biodiversity and vegetation structure was 34 to 56% and 19 to 56% higher in natural regeneration than in active restoration systems, respectively, after controlling for key biotic and abiotic factors (forest cover, precipitation, time elapsed since restoration started, and past disturbance). Biodiversity responses were based primarily on ecological metrics of abundance and species richness (74%), both of which take far less time to achieve restoration success than similarity and composition. This finding challenges the widely held notion that natural forest regeneration has limited conservation value and that active restoration should be the default ecological restoration strategy. The proposition that active restoration achieves greater restoration success than natural regeneration may have arisen because previous comparisons lacked controls for biotic and abiotic factors; we also did not find any difference between active restoration and natural regeneration outcomes for vegetation structure when we did not control for these factors. Future policy priorities should align the identified patterns of biophysical and ecological conditions where each or both restoration approaches are more successful, cost-effective, and compatible with socioeconomic incentives for tropical forest restoration.
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- Renato Crouzeilles
- International Institute for Sustainability, 22460-320 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, 22453-900 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 68020 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Corresponding author.
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- Laboratory of Vertebrates, Department of Ecology, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 68020 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Mestrado Profissional em Ciências do Meio Ambiente, Universidade Veiga de Almeida, 20271-901 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- International Institute for Sustainability, 22460-320 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, 2601 Canberra, Australia
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, 23890-000 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- International Institute for Sustainability, 22460-320 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- International Institute for Sustainability, 22460-320 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, 22453-900 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- International Institute for Sustainability, 22460-320 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, 22453-900 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Faculty of Production and Power Engineering, Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Informatics, University of Agriculture in Krakow, 116B 30-149 Krakow, Poland
- School of Environmental Science, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
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- International Institute for Sustainability, 22460-320 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, 22453-900 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 68020 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Dalloz MF, Crouzeilles R, Almeida-Gomes M, Papi B, Prevedello JA. Incorporating landscape ecology metrics into environmental impact assessment in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Perspect Ecol Conserv 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pecon.2017.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Latawiec AE, Crouzeilles R, Brancalion PH, Rodrigues RR, Sansevero JB, Santos JSD, Mills M, Nave AG, Strassburg BB. Natural regeneration and biodiversity: a global meta-analysis and implications for spatial planning. Biotropica 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/btp.12386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- Agnieszka E. Latawiec
- International Institute for Sustainability; Estrada Dona Castorina 124, 22460-320 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre; Department of Geography and the Environment; Pontifícia Universidade Católica; 22453900, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Informatics; Faculty of Production and Power Engineering; University of Agriculture in Krakow; Balicka 116B, 30-149 Krakow Poland
- School of Environmental Science; University of East Anglia; Norwich, NR4 7TJ UK
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- International Institute for Sustainability; Estrada Dona Castorina 124, 22460-320 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre; Department of Geography and the Environment; Pontifícia Universidade Católica; 22453900, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Department of Forest Sciences; ‘Luiz de Queiroz’ College of Agriculture; University of São Paulo; 13418-900, Av. Pádua Dias, 11 Piracicaba São Paulo Brazil
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- Department of Biology; ‘Luiz de Queiroz’ College of Agriculture; University of São Paulo; 13418-900, Av. Pádua Dias 11 Piracicaba São Paulo Brazil
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- International Institute for Sustainability; Estrada Dona Castorina 124, 22460-320 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Departamento de Ciências Ambientais (DCA); Instituto de Floresta (IF); Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ); BR 465, Km 07 23890-000, Seropédica Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions; University of Queensland; Qld Piracicaba Australia
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- Bioflora; Rod. Piracicaba - Tupi, Km 18, 13420-280 Piracicaba São Paulo Brazil
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- International Institute for Sustainability; Estrada Dona Castorina 124, 22460-320 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- School of Environmental Science; University of East Anglia; Norwich, NR4 7TJ UK
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Strassburg BBN, Barros FSM, Crouzeilles R, Iribarrem A, Santos JSD, Silva D, Sansevero JBB, Alves-Pinto HN, Feltran-Barbieri R, Latawiec AE. The role of natural regeneration to ecosystem services provision and habitat availability: a case study in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Biotropica 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/btp.12393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- Bernardo B. N. Strassburg
- Department of Geography and the Environment; Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre (CSRio); Pontíficia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, 22453-900; Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability; Estrada Dona Castorina 124, 22460-320 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecologia; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; 21941-590 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Department of Geography and the Environment; Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre (CSRio); Pontíficia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, 22453-900; Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability; Estrada Dona Castorina 124, 22460-320 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Department of Geography and the Environment; Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre (CSRio); Pontíficia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, 22453-900; Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability; Estrada Dona Castorina 124, 22460-320 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Department of Geography and the Environment; Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre (CSRio); Pontíficia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, 22453-900; Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability; Estrada Dona Castorina 124, 22460-320 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Ecosystem Services and Management Program; International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA); Schlossplatz 1 A-2361Laxenburg Austria
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- Department of Geography and the Environment; Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre (CSRio); Pontíficia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, 22453-900; Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability; Estrada Dona Castorina 124, 22460-320 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Department of Geography and the Environment; Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre (CSRio); Pontíficia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, 22453-900; Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability; Estrada Dona Castorina 124, 22460-320 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Ambientais (DCA); Instituto de Florestas (IF); Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ); BR 465 Km 07, 23890-000 Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Department of Geography and the Environment; Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre (CSRio); Pontíficia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, 22453-900; Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability; Estrada Dona Castorina 124, 22460-320 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecologia; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; 21941-590 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- International Institute for Sustainability; Estrada Dona Castorina 124, 22460-320 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Department of Geography and the Environment; Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre (CSRio); Pontíficia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, 22453-900; Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability; Estrada Dona Castorina 124, 22460-320 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Informatics; Faculty of Production and Power Engineering; University of Agriculture in Krakow; Balicka 116B, 30-149 Krakow Poland
- School of Environmental Science; University of East Anglia; Norwich, NR4 7TJ UK
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Crouzeilles R, Curran M, Ferreira MS, Lindenmayer DB, Grelle CEV, Rey Benayas JM. A global meta-analysis on the ecological drivers of forest restoration success. Nat Commun 2016; 7:11666. [PMID: 27193756 PMCID: PMC4874030 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 299] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2015] [Accepted: 04/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Two billion ha have been identified globally for forest restoration. Our meta-analysis encompassing 221 study landscapes worldwide reveals forest restoration enhances biodiversity by 15-84% and vegetation structure by 36-77%, compared with degraded ecosystems. For the first time, we identify the main ecological drivers of forest restoration success (defined as a return to a reference condition, that is, old-growth forest) at both the local and landscape scale. These are as follows: the time elapsed since restoration began, disturbance type and landscape context. The time elapsed since restoration began strongly drives restoration success in secondary forests, but not in selectively logged forests (which are more ecologically similar to reference systems). Landscape restoration will be most successful when previous disturbance is less intensive and habitat is less fragmented in the landscape. Restoration does not result in full recovery of biodiversity and vegetation structure, but can complement old-growth forests if there is sufficient time for ecological succession.
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- Renato Crouzeilles
- Laboratory of Vertebrates, Department of Ecology, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 68020, Brazil.,International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro 22460320, Brazil.,Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro 22453900, Brazil
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- Group of Ecological Systems Design, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, Zürich 8093, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Vertebrates, Department of Ecology, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 68020, Brazil
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- Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Laboratory of Vertebrates, Department of Ecology, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 68020, Brazil
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- Department of Life Sciences, Alcala University, Alcalá de Henares E-28005, Spain
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Crouzeilles R, Curran M. Which landscape size best predicts the influence of forest cover on restoration success? A global meta-analysis on the scale of effect. J Appl Ecol 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Renato Crouzeilles
- Laboratório de Vertebrados, Departamento de Ecologia; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro CEP 21941-590 Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability; Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro CEP 22460-320 Brazil
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- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich, Chair of Ecological Systems Design (ESD), Institute of Environmental Engineering (IfU); Zürich 8093 Switzerland
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Crouzeilles R, Beyer HL, Mills M, Grelle CEV, Possingham HP. Incorporating habitat availability into systematic planning for restoration: a species-specific approach for Atlantic Forest mammals. DIVERS DISTRIB 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Renato Crouzeilles
- Laboratory of Vertebrates; Department of Ecology; Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; Rio de Janeiro RJ 21941-590 Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability; Rio de Janeiro RJ 22460-320 Brazil
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions; School of Biological Sciences; The University of Queensland; St. Lucia Qld 4072 Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions; School of Biological Sciences; The University of Queensland; St. Lucia Qld 4072 Australia
- Global Change Institute; The University of Queensland; St. Lucia Qld 4072 Australia
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- Laboratory of Vertebrates; Department of Ecology; Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; Rio de Janeiro RJ 21941-590 Brazil
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions; School of Biological Sciences; The University of Queensland; St. Lucia Qld 4072 Australia
- Imperial College London; Department of Life Sciences; Silwood Park Ascot SL5 7PY Berkshire UK
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Crouzeilles R, Lorini ML, Grelle CEV. DESLOCAMENTO NA MATRIZ PARA ESPÉCIES DA MATA ATLÂNTICA E A DIFICULDADE DA CONSTRUÇÃO DE PERFIS ECOLÓGICOS. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.4257/oeco.2010.1404.06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Alexandre B, Crouzeilles R, Eduardo Viveiros Grelle C. How Can We Estimate Buffer Zones of Protected Areas? A Proposal Using Biological Data. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.4322/natcon.00802010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Barros CS, Crouzeilles R, Fernandez FA. Reproduction of the opossums Micoureus paraguayanus and Philander frenata in a fragmented Atlantic Forest landscape in Brazil: Is seasonal reproduction a general rule for Neotropical marsupials? Mamm Biol 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2007.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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