Passive restoration is often quite effective: response to Zahawi et al. (2014)

Optimization of intervention levels in ecological restoration

(2014) Lawrence R. Walker et al.   APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE

Hidden Costs of Passive Restoration

(2014) Rakan A. Zahawi et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

A simple test for alternative states in ecological restoration: the use of principal response curves

(2013) Josu G. Alday et al.   APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE

Afforestation or natural succession? Looking for the best way to manage abandoned cut-over peatlands for biodiversity conservation

(2013) Beata Woziwoda et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Large-scale assessment of regeneration and diversity in Mediterranean planted pine forests along ecological gradients

(2012) Paloma Ruiz-Benito et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Testing applied nucleation as a strategy to facilitate tropical forest recovery

(2012) Rakan A. Zahawi et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Plant species richness: the world records

(2012) J. Bastow Wilson et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Technical reclamations are wasting the conservation potential of post-mining sites. A case study of black coal spoil dumps

(2011) Robert Tropek et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Four opportunities for studies of ecological succession

(2011) Karel Prach et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

When and where to actively restore ecosystems?

(2010) K.D. Holl et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Planting Seedlings in Tree Islands Versus Plantations as a Large-Scale Tropical Forest Restoration Strategy

(2010) Karen D. Holl et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Lessons from primary succession for restoration of severely damaged habitats

(2009) Lawrence R. Walker et al.   APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE

Importance of regional species pools and functional traits in colonization processes: predicting re-colonization after large-scale destruction of ecosystems

(2008) Anita Kirmer et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Spontaneous Succession versus Technical Reclamation in the Restoration of Disturbed Sites

(2008) Karel Prach et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY