Restoration Ecology

Papers
(The median citation count of Restoration Ecology is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Functional traits and ecosystem services in ecological restoration122
Priority effects and ecological restoration96
The present and future of grassland restoration95
Grasslands and savannahs in the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration73
The intervention continuum in restoration ecology: rethinking the active–passive dichotomy61
Barriers to ecological restoration in Europe: expert perspectives56
Precision restoration: a necessary approach to foster forest recovery in the 21st century55
A research agenda for the restoration of tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas54
Six priorities to advance the science and practice of coral reef restoration worldwide51
An Australian blue carbon method to estimate climate change mitigation benefits of coastal wetland restoration49
International principles and standards for the ecological restoration and recovery of mine sites49
Prediction and uncertainty in restoration science45
Traditional ecological knowledge in restoration ecology: a call to listen deeply, to engage with, and respect Indigenous voices39
Restoration of mine degraded land for sustainable environmental development39
Urgent need for updating the slogan of global climate actions from “tree planting” to “restore native vegetation”36
Need of transdisciplinary research for accelerating land restoration during the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration36
Ecological countermeasures for preventing zoonotic disease outbreaks: when ecological restoration is a human health imperative35
Ten people‐centered rules for socially sustainable ecosystem restoration33
Reflecting on twenty years of forest landscape restoration32
Equity in ecosystem restoration32
Improving restoration success through a precision restoration framework31
Marine ecosystem restoration in a changing ocean30
Forest landscape restoration: building on the past for future success30
Applying systematic conservation planning to improve the allocation of restoration actions at multiple spatial scales29
The reduction of harmful algae on Caribbean coral reefs through the reintroduction of a keystone herbivore, the long‐spined sea urchin Diadema antillarum29
Differential survival of nursery‐reared Acropora cervicornis outplants along the Florida reef tract29
Super‐abundant C4 grasses are a mixed blessing in restored prairies28
Walking on two legs: a pathway of Indigenous restoration and reconciliation in fire‐adapted landscapes25
A standard framework for assessing the costs and benefits of restoration: introducing The Economics of Ecosystem Restoration25
Ecosystem restoration: challenges and opportunities for India25
Restoration, reclamation, and rehabilitation: on the need for, and positing a definition of, ecological reclamation23
Applying coral breeding to reef restoration: best practices, knowledge gaps, and priority actions in a rapidly‐evolving field21
Using the past to manage the future: the role of palaeoecological and long‐term data in ecological restoration21
Restoring coal mine degraded lands in India for achieving the United Nations‐Sustainable Development Goals21
Factors influencing seed mix design for prairie restoration21
Ecological succession in areas degraded by bauxite mining indicates successful use of topsoil21
Natural capital approaches: shifting the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration from aspiration to reality21
Herbicide protection pod technology for native plant restoration: one size may not fit all20
Sharing knowledge to improve ecological restoration outcomes19
Stimulating post‐COVID‐19 green recovery by investing in ecological restoration19
Restoration ecophysiology: an ecophysiological approach to improve restoration strategies and outcomes in severely disturbed landscapes19
Seed‐enhancement combinations improve germination and handling in two dominant native grass species19
Community‐led peatland restoration in Southeast Asia: 5Rs approach19
Promoting social and environmental justice to support Indigenous partnerships in urban ecosystem restoration18
Determinants of vegetation regeneration on forest roads following restoration treatments: implications for boreal caribou conservation18
Do nest boxes breed the target species or its competitors? A case study of a critically endangered bird18
Seed quality and the true price of native seed for mine site restoration18
The climate benefits of topsoil removal and Sphagnum introduction in raised bog restoration18
Restoration of Cymodocea nodosa seagrass meadows: efficiency and ecological implications18
Four reasons why functional traits are not being used in restoration practice17
Key gaps in soil monitoring during forest restoration in Colombia17
Land‐use legacies limit the effectiveness of switches in disturbance type to restore endangered grasslands17
Attraction versus production in restoration: spatial and habitat effects of shellfish reefs for fish in coastal seascapes17
Conserving shellfish reefs—a systematic review reveals the need to broaden research efforts17
Food web models reveal potential ecosystem effects of seagrass recovery in the northern Wadden Sea16
The value of local ecological knowledge to guide tree species selection in tropical dry forest restoration16
Nutrient‐use strategy and not competition determines native and invasive species response to changes in soil nutrient availability16
Forest restoration is more than firing seeds from a drone15
Seeding or planting to revegetate the world's degraded land: systematic review and experimentation to address methodological issues15
Restoring for the climate: a review of coastal wetland restoration research in the last 30 years15
Fire versus grazing as tools to restore serpentine grasslands under global change15
Integrating genomics in population models to forecast translocation success15
How effective is direct seeding to restore the functional composition of neotropical savannas?14
Social–ecological management results in sustained recovery of an imperiled salmon population14
Settlement yields in large‐scale in situ culture of Caribbean coral larvae for restoration14
Seed bank offers potential for active restoration of mountain meadows14
Australian native seed sector characteristics and perceptions indicate low capacity for upscaled ecological restoration: insights from the Australian Native Seed Report14
Measuring at all scales: sourcing data for more flexible restoration references14
A new perspective and approach to ecosystem restoration: a seed enhancement technology guide and case study14
Long‐term effects of rewilding on species composition: 22 years of raptor monitoring in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone14
Riparian vegetation shade restoration and loss effects on recent and future stream temperatures14
Post‐pandemic recovery through landscape restoration14
Gender inclusion in ecological restoration13
Restoration seedbanks for mined land restoration13
Deploying microbes as drivers and indicators in ecological restoration13
Does the road to land degradation neutrality in India is paved with restoration science?13
Removal or utilization? Testing alternative approaches to the management of an invasive woody legume in an arid Indian grassland13
Differences in stakeholder perceptions about native forest: implications for developing a restoration program13
Nativeness is not binary—a graduated terminology for native and non‐native species in the Anthropocene13
Intense mowing management suppresses invader, but shifts competitive resistance by a native to facilitation13
The need for holistic approach in the identification of priority areas to restore: a review13
Planting, seeding, and sediment impact restoration success following dam removal13
Selective herbicide control: using furrows and carbon seed coatings to establish a native bunchgrass while reducing cheatgrass cover13
Ecosystem state assessment after more than 100 years since planting for dune consolidation13
Considering the use of subadult and juvenile mussels for mussel reef restoration13
Does revegetation cause soil microbiota recovery? Evidence from revisiting a revegetation chronosequence 6 years after initial sampling12
Incorporating facilitative interactions into small‐scale eelgrass restoration—challenges and opportunities12
Zooplankton functional diversity as an indicator of a long‐term aquatic restoration in an Amazonian lake12
Performance of innovative materials as recruitment substrates for coral restoration12
The sound of restored soil: using ecoacoustics to measure soil biodiversity in a temperate forest restoration context12
How to increase the supply of native seed to improve restoration success: the US native seed development process12
Introduction of giant tortoises as a replacement “ecosystem engineer” to facilitate restoration of Santa Fe Island, Galapagos12
Removal of macroalgae from degraded reefs enhances coral recruitment12
Leveraging the value of conservation physiology for ecological restoration12
From the ground up: prioritizing soil at the forefront of ecological restoration11
Practitioner views on the determinants of tropical forest restoration longevity11
Floral resource selection by wild bees and honey bees in the Midwest United States: implications for designing pollinator habitat11
Invasive weed‐based biochar facilitated the restoration of coal mine degraded land by modulating the enzyme activity and carbon sequestration11
Ecological restoration success from community and agency perspectives: exploring the differences11
Potential benefits to breeding seabirds of converting abandoned coconut plantations to native habitats after invasive predator eradication11
Outplanting optimized: developing a more efficient coral attachment technique using Portland cement11
Capacity for change: three core attributes of adaptive capacity that bolster restoration efficacy11
Salt marsh climate change adaptation: Using runnels to adapt to accelerating sea level rise within a drowning New England salt marsh11
Monitoring ecological characteristics of a tallgrass prairie using an unmanned aerial vehicle11
Recovering Australia's arid‐zone ecosystems: learning from continental‐scale rabbit control experiments11
Restoration of southern hemisphere beech (Nothofagaceae) forests: a meta‐analysis11
The effectiveness of using targeted grazing for vegetation management: a meta‐analysis11
A framework for measuring the effects of disturbance in restoration projects11
Prioritizing dams for removal to advance restoration and conservation efforts in the western United States11
Assessing mangrove restoration practices using species‐interaction networks11
A recruitment niche framework for improving seed‐based restoration10
Understanding anthropogenic impacts on zoogeochemistry is essential for ecological restoration10
Mapping the information landscape of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration Strategy10
Trends and knowledge gaps on ecological restoration research in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest10
Establishing new grasslands on crop fields: short‐term development of plant and arthropod communities10
Assessing the efficacy of extruded seed pellets and microbial amendments for native revegetation10
How participation in ecological restoration can foster a connection to nature10
Long‐term restoration altered edaphic properties and soil microbial communities in forests: evidence from four plantations of southern China10
Variation in prescribed fire and bison grazing supports multiple bee nesting groups in tallgrass prairie10
Livelihood security policy can support ecosystem restoration10
Biotic and abiotic treatments as a bet‐hedging approach to restoring plant communities and soil functions10
Functional trajectory for the assessment of ecological restoration success10
A successful method of transplanting adult Ecklonia radiata kelp, and relevance to other habitat‐forming macroalgae10
Experimental evolution of the coral algal endosymbiont, Cladocopium goreaui: lessons learnt across a decade of stress experiments to enhance coral heat tolerance10
Forest restoration by direct seeding: a global bibliometric analysis10
Forbs included in conservation seed mixes exhibit variable blooming detection rates and cost‐effectiveness: implications for pollinator habitat design10
Macrozoobenthic community assemblage as key indicator for mangrove restoration success in North Sumatra and Aceh, Indonesia10
Genetic and mating system assessment of translocation success of the long‐lived perennial shrub Lambertia orbifolia (Proteaceae)10
Inoculum origin and soil legacy can shape plant–soil feedback outcomes for tropical grassland restoration10
Optimizing seed injection as a seagrass restoration method10
A guide to minimize contamination issues in microbiome restoration studies9
Impacts of remotely sensed environmental drivers on coral outplant survival9
The resistance and short‐term resilience of a restored extracted peatland ecosystems post‐fire: an opportunistic study after a wildfire9
Genetic rescue reduces mate limitation in a threatened, clonal, and self‐incompatible plant species9
A new in situ method showed greater persistence of added soil organic matter in natural than restored wetlands9
Patterns and drivers of structure, diversity, and composition in species‐rich shrublands restored after mining9
Bird functional diversity in restored and secondary forests of the Colombian Andes9
Repeatability of the searching process in reviews of restoration outcomes9
How much does is cost to restore a grassland?9
Inoculation with native soil improves seedling survival and reduces non‐native reinvasion in a grassland restoration9
Identifying effective tree planting schemes to restore forest carbon and biodiversity in Shiretoko National Park, Japan9
Restoration of retired agricultural land to wetland mitigates greenhouse gas emissions9
Aquatic invertebrate assemblages as potential indicators of restoration conditions in wetlands of Northeastern China9
Biocultural restoration improves delivery of ecosystem services in social‐ecological landscapes9
Small mammal responses to wetland restoration in the Greater Everglades ecosystem9
UNDecade on Ecosystem Restoration: key considerations for Africa9
Priority areas for restoring ecosystem services to enhance human well‐being in a dry forest9
Post‐fire restoration with contour‐felled log debris increases early recruitment of Spanish black pine (Pinus nigra Arn. ssp. salzmannii) in Mediterranean forests9
Exploring the performance of mid‐water lagoon nurseries for coral restoration in the Maldives9
Nitrate reduction capacity is limited by belowground plant recovery in a 32‐year‐old created salt marsh9
Active restoration leads to rapid recovery of aboveground biomass but limited recovery of fish diversity in planted mangrove forests of the North Brazil Shelf9
Plant recruitment in drylands varies by site, year, and seeding technique9
The effects of site preparation equal those of seeding at a dryland restoration site: 6 years of plant community development9
The acceptable range of variation within the desirable stable state as a measure of restoration success9
A comparison of plant communities in restored, old field, and remnant coastal prairies8
Community‐level assisted migration for climate‐appropriate prairie restoration8
Restoration perceptions and collaboration challenges under severe water scarcity: the Aculeo Lake process8
Prioritize grassland restoration to bend the curve of biodiversity loss8
A dynamic modeling tool to anticipate the effectiveness of invasive plant control and restoration recovery trajectories in South African fynbos8
Reference site selection protocols for mine site ecosystem restoration8
Evaluating biological properties of topsoil for post‐mining ecological restoration: different assessment methods give different results8
Knowledge exchange enhances engagement in ecological restoration and rehabilitation initiatives8
Planting techniques and abiotic variation at two salt marsh restoration sites in the Bay of Fundy8
Are large census‐sized populations always the best sources for plant translocations?8
Activated carbon seed technologies provide some protection to seedlings from the effects of post‐emergent herbicides8
Australian native seed sector practice and behavior could limit ecological restoration success: further insights from the Australian Native Seed Report8
Direct seeding to restore tropical seasonal forests: effects of green manure and hydrogel amendment on tree species performances and weed infestation8
Rehabilitation of Mediterranean animal forests using gorgonians from fisheries by‐catch8
Seed positioning in extruded pellets: does it matter?8
Alpine restoration: planting and seeding of native species facilitate vegetation recovery8
Integrating evolutionary potential and ecological function into agricultural seed production to meet demands for the decade of restoration8
Ecosystem restoration in India during the United Nations decade on ecosystem restoration: the way forward8
Effects of chronic and acute stressors on transplanted black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) seedlings along an eroding Louisiana shoreline8
Investigating transplantation as a mechanism for seagrass restoration in South Africa8
Fish and crustaceans provide early indicators of success in wetland restoration8
Similarity analyses in restoration ecology and how to improve their utility8
Ecological impacts of coral gardening outplanting in the Maldives8
Upscaling ecological restoration: toward a new legal principle and protocol on ecological restoration in international law8
Site mediates performance in a coral‐seeding trial8
Influence of abiotic drivers on 1‐year seedling survival of six mangrove species in Southeast Asia8
Nitrogen limitation reduces the performance of target plant species in restored meadows8
Environmental and anthropogenic factors affecting natural regeneration of degraded dry Afromontane forest8
Plains rough fescue grassland restoration using natural regeneration after pipeline disturbances7
Effects of woody debris and cover soil types on soil properties and vegetation 4–5 years after oil sands reclamation7
Using genetic data to advance stream fish reintroduction science: a case study in brook trout7
Succession of submerged vegetation in a hydrologically reclaimed opencast mine during first 10 years7
Identifying effective restoration approaches to maximize plant establishment in California grasslands through ameta‐analysis7
Cost‐effectiveness of water‐saving technologies for restoration of tropical dry forest: a case study from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador7
Measuring the social changes from river restoration and dam removal7
Variation in overall fitness due to seed source: projections for predictive provenancing7
The ecosystem resilience approach to control the invasive alien species Australian swamp stonecrop (Crassula helmsii)7
Innovative tidal control successfully promotes saltmarsh restoration7
Ecosystem carbon exchange and nitrogen removal rates in two 33‐year‐old constructed salt marshes are similar to those in a nearby natural marsh7
Hidden variation: cultivars and wild plants differ in trait variation with surprising root trait outcomes7
Public participation in decision‐making on conservation translocations: the importance and limitations of a legislative framework7
Post‐release dispersal and breeding site suitability of reintroduced populations of the Crested Ibis in Shaanxi Province, China7
Inclusive restoration: ten recommendations to supportLGBTQ+ researchers in restoration science7
Response of soil aggregate stability and erodibility to different treatments on typical steppe in the Loess Plateau, China7
Soil mutualisms potentially determine the reintroduction outcome of an endangered legume7
Short‐term effects of a large dam decommissioning on biofilm structure and functioning7
Investigating natural attenuation of PAHs by soil microbial communities: insights by a machine learning approach7
Soil fauna and its potential use in the ecological restoration of dryland ecosystems7
Seismic line edge effects on plants, lichens and their environmental conditions in boreal peatlands of Northwest Alberta (Canada)7
The Dilemma of Scale: competing imperatives for global restoration7
The potential role of biotic interactions in stream restoration7
Functional traits are used in restoration practice: a response to Merchant et al. (2022)7
Adaptive management of large‐scale ecosystem restoration: increasing certainty of habitat outcomes in the Columbia River Estuary, U.S.A.7
Restoration of subtropical grasslands degraded by non‐native pine plantations: effects of litter removal and hay transfer7
Utilization of modified and artificial nests by endemic and introduced parrots on Norfolk Island7
Control of invasive Phragmites australis (European common reed) alters macroinvertebrate communities7
Canopy cover and ecological restoration increase natural regeneration of rainforest trees in the Western Ghats, India7
Establishment of wildflower strips in a wide range of environments: a lesson from a landscape‐scale project7
Indigenous environmental justice through coproduction of mining restoration supply chains in Australia7
Predicting optimal habitats of Haloxylon persicum for ecosystem restoration using ensemble ecological niche modeling under climate change in southeast Iran7
Granivorous ants prefer small and unprotected seeds—implications for restoration in arid ecosystems7
Can locally sourced inoculum and biochar synergistically improve the establishment of mycorrhizal fungi in mine tailings?7
The efficiency and effectiveness of different sea urchin removal methods for kelp forest restoration7
Factors limiting the availability of native seed for reconstructing Minnesota's prairies: stakeholder perspectives7
Optimizing the initial cultivation stages of kelp Ecklonia radiata for restoration7
The benefits of mountain woodland restoration7
Survival and sexual maturity of sexually propagated Acropora verweyi corals 4 years after outplantation6
Primarily neutral effects of river restoration on macroinvertebrates, macrophytes, and fishes after a decade of monitoring6
Unexplored freshwater communities in post‐mining ponds: effect of different restoration approaches6
Seed‐ versus transplant‐based eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) restoration success in a temperate marine lake6
Soil health indicators for monitoring forest ecological restoration: a critical review6
Planting time, first‐year mowing, and seed mix design influence ecological outcomes in agroecosystem revegetation projects6
Rapid faunal colonization and recovery of biodiversity and functional diversity following eelgrass restoration6
Learning to live with reintroduced species: beaver management groups are an adaptive process6
Measuring and monitoring restored ecosystems: can remote sensing be applied to the ecological recovery wheel to inform restoration success?6
Effects of insect herbivory on seedling mortality in restored and remnant tropical forest6
Soil DNA chronosequence analysis shows bacterial community re‐assembly following post‐mining forest rehabilitation6
The importance of stock selection for improving transplantation efficiency6
Simple indicators are good proxies for ecological complexity when assessing Atlantic Forest restoration success6
Patterning ecological restoration after weeds6
Effects of prescribed grazing by goats on non‐native invasive shrubs and native plant species in a mixed‐hardwood forest6
Restoration benefits of soil nutrient manipulation and weeding in invaded dry and wet tropical ecosystems in Hawaiʻi6
Beetle assemblage dynamics after invasive ice plant (Carpobrotus) removal on a small Mediterranean island6
Seed dispersal by frugivores from forest remnants promotes the regeneration of adjacent invaded forests in an oceanic island6
Applying ecosystem accounting to develop a risk register for peatlands and inform restoration targets at catchment scale: a case study from the European region6
Seed sourcing in the genomics era: multispecies provenance delineation for current and future climates6
Does active plant restoration passively restore native fauna community structure and function?6
Operationalizing process‐based restoration for terrestrial communities6
Effects of fire seasonality and intensity on resprouting woody plants in prairie‐forest communities6
Genetic variation and structure change when producing and using mixed‐source seed lots for restoration6
Identification of restoration species for early roadcut slope regeneration using functional group approach6
Restored marginal farmland benefits arthropod diversity at multiple scales6
Ground cover and native ant predation influence survival of metamorphic amphibians in a southeastern pine savanna undergoing restoration6
Role of soil biota in grassland restorations in high nutrient soils6
Grassland conservation and restoration in India: a governance crisis6
Revegetation in Japan overlooks geographical genetic structure of native Artemisia indica var. maximowiczii populations6
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