Interpreting variation to advance predictive restoration science

Tropical forest restoration enriches vascular epiphyte recovery

(2016) John Leighton Reid et al.   APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE

A guide to phylogenetic metrics for conservation, community ecology and macroecology

(2016) Caroline M. Tucker et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

When does seed limitation matter for scaling up reforestation from patches to landscapes?

(2016) T. Trevor Caughlin et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Agricultural land-use history causes persistent loss of plant phylogenetic diversity

(2016) Nash E. Turley et al.   ECOLOGY

Phylogenetic diversity is maintained despite richness losses over time in restored tallgrass prairie plant communities

(2016) Nicholas A. Barber et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Do experiments exploring plant diversity-ecosystem functioning relationships inform how biodiversity loss impacts natural ecosystems?

(2016) David A. Wardle   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

A Policy-Driven Knowledge Agenda for Global Forest and Landscape Restoration

(2016) Robin L. Chazdon et al.   Conservation Letters

A global meta-analysis on the ecological drivers of forest restoration success

(2016) Renato Crouzeilles et al.   Nature Communications

Phylogeny in the Service of Ecological Restoration

(2015) Andrew L. Hipp et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Repeated landscape-scale treatments following fire suppress a non-native annual grass and promote recovery of native perennial vegetation

(2015) Seth M. Munson et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Amazon Rain Forest Succession: Stochasticity or Land-Use Legacy?

(2015) Rita de Cássia Guimarães Mesquita et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Slow recovery of tropical old-field rainforest regrowth and the value and limitations of active restoration

(2015) Luke P. Shoo et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Seed dispersal limitations shift over time in tropical forest restoration

(2015) J. Leighton Reid et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Group-based modeling of ecological trajectories in restored wetlands

(2015) Jeffrey W. Matthews   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Combining mesocosm and field experiments to predict invasive plant performance: a hierarchical Bayesian approach

(2015) Chris H. Wilson et al.   ECOLOGY

Species colonisation, not competitive exclusion, drives community overdispersion over long-term succession

(2015) Shao-peng Li et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Phylogenetic measures of plant communities show long-term change and impacts of fire management in tallgrass prairie remnants

(2015) Daniel J. Larkin et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Ecosystem response to interventions: lessons from restored and created wetland ecosystems

(2015) David Moreno-Mateos et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Management applications of discontinuity theory

(2015) David G. Angeler et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Global effects of land use on local terrestrial biodiversity

(2015) Tim Newbold et al.   NATURE

Higher survival drives the success of nitrogen-fixing trees through succession in Costa Rican rainforests

(2015) Duncan N. L. Menge et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Successional dynamics in Neotropical forests are as uncertain as they are predictable

(2015) Natalia Norden et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Embracing variability: environmental dependence and plant community context in ecological restoration

(2015) Sara Jo M. Dickens et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Committing to ecological restoration

(2015) K. Suding et al.   SCIENCE

Advances in restoration ecology: rising to the challenges of the coming decades

(2015) Michael P. Perring et al.   Ecosphere

A data management system for long-term natural resource monitoring and management projects with multiple cooperators

(2015) Victoria M. Hunt et al.   WILDLIFE SOCIETY BULLETIN

On Theory in Ecology

(2014) Pablo A. Marquet et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Applying trait-based models to achieve functional targets for theory-driven ecological restoration

(2014) Daniel C. Laughlin   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Beta diversity among prairie restorations increases with species pool size, but not through enhanced species sorting

(2014) Emily Grman et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Seed and microsite limitations mediate stochastic recruitment in a low-diversity prairie restoration

(2014) Quinn Long et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Indicators of restoration success in riparian tropical forests using multiple reference ecosystems

(2014) Marcio S. Suganuma et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Spatial Variability in Plant Predation Determines the Strength of Stochastic Community Assembly

(2013) Rachel M. Germain et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Strong legacy of agricultural land use on soils and understory plant communities in longleaf pine woodlands

(2013) Lars A. Brudvig et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Growing biodiverse carbon-rich forests

(2013) Jean-Baptiste Pichancourt et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Spatial isolation slows down directional plant functional group assembly in restored semi-natural grasslands

(2013) Kenny Helsen et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Plant-soil feedbacks: the past, the present and future challenges

(2013) Wim H. van der Putten et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Ecosystem Restoration is Now a Global Priority: Time to Roll up our Sleeves

(2013) James Aronson et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Hurdles and Opportunities for Landscape-Scale Restoration

(2013) M. H. M. Menz et al.   SCIENCE

Finding generality in ecology: a model for globally distributed experiments

(2013) Elizabeth T. Borer et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Phylogenetic diversity and the functioning of ecosystems

(2012) Diane S. Srivastava et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Assembly history alters alpha and beta diversity, exotic-native proportions and functioning of restored prairie plant communities

(2012) Leanne M. Martin et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity

(2012) Bradley J. Cardinale et al.   NATURE

Trait but not species convergence during plant community assembly in restored semi-natural grasslands

(2012) Kenny Helsen et al.   OIKOS

Emerging perspectives in the restoration of biodiversity-based ecosystem services

(2012) Daniel Montoya et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

A general and simple method for obtainingR2from generalized linear mixed-effects models

(2012) Shinichi Nakagawa et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Toward an Era of Restoration in Ecology: Successes, Failures, and Opportunities Ahead

(2011) Katharine N. Suding   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

The Unified Neutral Theory of Biodiversity and Biogeography at Age Ten

(2011) James Rosindell et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Restoration of ecosystem services and biodiversity: conflicts and opportunities

(2011) James M. Bullock et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

The restoration of biodiversity: Where has research been and where does it need to go?

(2010) L. A. Brudvig   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Land-use history, historical connectivity, and land management interact to determine longleaf pine woodland understory richness and composition

(2010) Lars A. Brudvig et al.   ECOGRAPHY

When and where to actively restore ecosystems?

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

Convergence and divergence in plant community trajectories as a framework for monitoring wetland restoration progress

(2010) Jeffrey W. Matthews et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Adaptive management in the U.S. National Wildlife Refuge System: Science-management partnerships for conservation delivery

(2010) Clinton T. Moore et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Contingent Conclusions: Year of Initiation Influences Ecological Field Experiments, but Temporal Replication is Rare

(2010) Kurt J. Vaughn et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Relative influence of landscape vs. local factors on plant community assembly in restored wetlands

(2009) Jeffrey W. Matthews et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Trajectories of vegetation-based indicators used to assess wetland restoration progress

(2009) Jeffrey W. Matthews et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Enhancement of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services by Ecological Restoration: A Meta-Analysis

(2009) J. M. R. Benayas et al.   SCIENCE

Threshold models in restoration and conservation: a developing framework

(2009) Katharine N. Suding et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Novel ecosystems: implications for conservation and restoration

(2009) Richard J. Hobbs et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Generalized linear mixed models: a practical guide for ecology and evolution

(2009) Benjamin M. Bolker et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Scaling environmental change through the community-level: a trait-based response-and-effect framework for plants

(2008) KATHARINE N. SUDING et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Do restored calcareous grasslands on former arable fields resemble ancient targets? The effect of time, methods and environment on outcomes

(2008) Kate C. Fagan et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Embracing Variability in the Application of Plant-Soil Interactions to the Restoration of Communities and Ecosystems

(2008) Valerie T. Eviner et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Restoration through reassembly: plant traits and invasion resistance

(2008) Jennifer L. Funk et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION