The long-term restoration of ecosystem complexity

• Published in: Nature ecology & evolution Vol. 4; no. 5; pp. 676 - 685
• Main Authors: Moreno-Mateos, David, Alberdi, Antton, Morriën, Elly, van der Putten, Wim H., Rodríguez-Uña, Asun, Montoya, Daniel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.05.2020; Nature Publishing Group; Nature
• Subjects: 631/158/854; 631/208/212/2303; Biodiversity; Biodiversity loss; Biological and Physical Anthropology; Biological Evolution; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Complexity; Ecology; Ecosystem; Ecosystem degradation; Ecosystem restoration; Ecosystems; Environmental restoration; Environmental Sciences; Evolution; Evolutionary Biology; Gene sequencing; Genetic diversity; Genomics; Life Sciences; Paleontology; Perspective; Restoration strategies; Structure-function relationships; Whole genome sequencing; Zoology; Restoration ecology; Conservation genomics

Multiple large-scale restoration strategies are emerging globally to counteract ecosystem degradation and biodiversity loss. However, restoration often remains insufficient to offset that loss. To address this challenge, we propose to focus restoration science on the long-term (centuries to millenni...