Restoration Ecology

Article	Citations
A world of possibilities: six restoration strategies to support the United Nation's Decade on Ecosystem Restoration	150
Functional traits and ecosystem services in ecological restoration	94
Seed enhancement: getting seeds restoration‐ready	78
Priority effects and ecological restoration	75
Seed storage: maintaining seed viability and vigor for restoration use	74
The present and future of grassland restoration	72
Grasslands and savannahs in the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration	63
Seed use in the field: delivering seeds for restoration success	56
International principles and standards for native seeds in ecological restoration	48
Seed planning, sourcing, and procurement	48
Biological soil crusts in ecological restoration: emerging research and perspectives	47
A research agenda for the restoration of tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas	46
Barriers to ecological restoration in Europe: expert perspectives	46
Myth‐busting tropical grassy biome restoration	45
Precision restoration: a necessary approach to foster forest recovery in the 21st century	45
Revegetation of urban green space rewilds soil microbiotas with implications for human health and urban design	43
Restoration, soil organisms, and soil processes: emerging approaches	39
Six priorities to advance the science and practice of coral reef restoration worldwide	37
The intervention continuum in restoration ecology: rethinking the active–passive dichotomy	37
Collection and production of native seeds for ecological restoration	37
Restoration of mine degraded land for sustainable environmental development	36
Prediction and uncertainty in restoration science	35
“Active” and “passive” ecological restoration strategies in meta‐analysis	34
Ensuring seed quality in ecological restoration: native seed cleaning and testing	34
Ecological countermeasures for preventing zoonotic disease outbreaks: when ecological restoration is a human health imperative	33

International principles and standards for the ecological restoration and recovery of mine sites	33
Traditional ecological knowledge in restoration ecology: a call to listen deeply, to engage with, and respect Indigenous voices	32
Need of transdisciplinary research for accelerating land restoration during the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration	30
Integrated climate sensitive restoration framework for transformative changes to sustainable land restoration	30
Getting to the root of restoration: considering root traits for improved restoration outcomes under drought and competition	30
Urgent need for updating the slogan of global climate actions from “tree planting” to “restore native vegetation”	29
Equity in ecosystem restoration	28
Improving restoration success through a precision restoration framework	27
Reflecting on twenty years of forest landscape restoration	27
Differential survival of nursery‐reared Acropora cervicornis outplants along the Florida reef tract	27
Forest landscape restoration: building on the past for future success	25
Restoring mussel beds in highly dynamic environments by lowering environmental stressors	25
An Australian blue carbon method to estimate climate change mitigation benefits of coastal wetland restoration	25
Effectiveness and costs of invasive species control using different techniques to restore cerrado grasslands	25
The reduction of harmful algae on Caribbean coral reefs through the reintroduction of a keystone herbivore, the long‐spined sea urchin Diadema antillarum	25
Postfire growth of seeded and planted big sagebrush—strategic designs for restoring greater sage‐grouse nesting habitat	24
Does size matter? Quantifying the cumulative impact of small‐scale living shoreline and oyster reef restoration projects on shoreline erosion	24
Ten people‐centered rules for socially sustainable ecosystem restoration	24
Marine ecosystem restoration in a changing ocean	24
Deterring rodent seed‐predation using seed‐coating technologies	22
Super‐abundant C4 grasses are a mixed blessing in restored prairies	22
Key issues in Northwestern Mediterranean dry grassland restoration	22
Applying systematic conservation planning to improve the allocation of restoration actions at multiple spatial scales	22
Drivers of native species regeneration in the process of restoring natural forests from mono‐specific, even‐aged tree plantations: a quantitative review	21
Ecosystem restoration: challenges and opportunities for India	20
Enhancing biodiversity and ecosystem services in quarry restoration – challenges, strategies, and practice	19
Ecological outcomes of agroforests and restoration 15 years after planting	19
The use of spatially patterned methods for vegetation restoration and management across systems	19
Determinants of vegetation regeneration on forest roads following restoration treatments: implications for boreal caribou conservation	17
Restoring coal mine degraded lands in India for achieving the United Nations‐Sustainable Development Goals	17
Enhancing coral larval supply and seedling production using a special bundle collection system “coral larval cradle” for large‐scale coral restoration	17
Natural capital approaches: shifting the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration from aspiration to reality	17
Restoration of Cymodocea nodosa seagrass meadows: efficiency and ecological implications	17
Fostering sustainable land restoration through circular economy‐governed transitions	17
Selecting native plants for restoration using rapid screening for adaptive traits: methods and outcomes in a Great Basin case study	17
The power of data synthesis to shape the future of the restoration community and capacity	17
Native plant abundance, diversity, and richness increases in prairie restoration with field inoculation density of native mycorrhizal amendments	17
Lemur food plants as options for forest restoration in Madagascar	17
Promoting social and environmental justice to support Indigenous partnerships in urban ecosystem restoration	17
Soil seed bank in different vegetation types in the Loess Plateau region and its role in vegetation restoration	16
Multiscale drivers of restoration outcomes for an imperiled songbird	16
Seed‐enhancement combinations improve germination and handling in two dominant native grass species	16
Do nest boxes breed the target species or its competitors? A case study of a critically endangered bird	16
The climate benefits of topsoil removal and Sphagnum introduction in raised bog restoration	16
Stimulating post‐COVID‐19 green recovery by investing in ecological restoration	16
Identifying reference communities in ecological restoration: the use of environmental conditions driving vegetation composition	16
Using the past to manage the future: the role of palaeoecological and long‐term data in ecological restoration	16
Foreword: International Standards for Native Seeds in Ecological Restoration	16
Ecological succession in areas degraded by bauxite mining indicates successful use of topsoil	16
Green hay transfer for grassland restoration: species capture and establishment	16

Threatened vascular plant species in spontaneously revegetated post‐mining sites	15
Walking on two legs: a pathway of Indigenous restoration and reconciliation in fire‐adapted landscapes	15
Key gaps in soil monitoring during forest restoration in Colombia	15
Ecological restoration‐based education in the Colombian Amazon: toward a new society–nature relationship	15
Restoration for variability: emergence of the habitat diversity paradigm in terrestrial ecosystem restoration	15
Wading through the swamp: what does tropical peatland restoration mean to national‐level stakeholders in Indonesia?	15
Soil pH influences patterns of plant community composition after restoration with native‐based seed mixes	15
Sharing knowledge to improve ecological restoration outcomes	14
Integrating genomics in population models to forecast translocation success	14
A standard framework for assessing the costs and benefits of restoration: introducing The Economics of Ecosystem Restoration	14
Disturbance is more important than seeding or grazing in determining soil microbial communities in a semiarid grassland	14
Land‐use legacies limit the effectiveness of switches in disturbance type to restore endangered grasslands	14
Fire versus grazing as tools to restore serpentine grasslands under global change	13
Impact of soil salinity on mangrove restoration in a semiarid region: a case study from the Saloum Delta, Senegal	13
Installing chainsaw‐carved hollows in medium‐sized live trees increases rates of visitation by hollow‐dependent fauna	13
Attraction versus production in restoration: spatial and habitat effects of shellfish reefs for fish in coastal seascapes	13
Four reasons why functional traits are not being used in restoration practice	13
Restoration, reclamation, and rehabilitation: on the need for, and positing a definition of, ecological reclamation	13
Biological soil crust salvage for dryland restoration: an opportunity for natural resource restoration	13
Factors influencing seed mix design for prairie restoration	13
Food web models reveal potential ecosystem effects of seagrass recovery in the northern Wadden Sea	13
Linking social identity, risk perception, and behavioral psychology to understand predator management by livestock producers	13
Planning mine restoration through ecosystem services to enhance community engagement and deliver social benefits	13
Restoration ecophysiology: an ecophysiological approach to improve restoration strategies and outcomes in severely disturbed landscapes	12
The need for holistic approach in the identification of priority areas to restore: a review	12
Predicting restoration outcomes based on organizational and ecological factors	12
Decision analysis for greater insights into the development and evaluation of Chinook salmon restoration strategies in California's Central Valley	12
Spatial characteristics of ecological degradation and restoration in China from 2000 to 2015 using remote sensing	12
Differences in stakeholder perceptions about native forest: implications for developing a restoration program	12
Considering the use of subadult and juvenile mussels for mussel reef restoration	12
Zooplankton functional diversity as an indicator of a long‐term aquatic restoration in an Amazonian lake	12
Herbicide protection pod technology for native plant restoration: one size may not fit all	12
The value of local ecological knowledge to guide tree species selection in tropical dry forest restoration	12
Settlement yields in large‐scale in situ culture of Caribbean coral larvae for restoration	12
Seed quality and the true price of native seed for mine site restoration	12
The role of organic amendments in wetland restorations	12
Woodchip and biochar amendments differentially influence microbial responses, but do not enhance plant recovery in disturbed semiarid soils	12
Conserving shellfish reefs—a systematic review reveals the need to broaden research efforts	12
Could 2021–2030 be the decade to couple new human values with ecological restoration? Valuable insights and actions are emerging from the Colombian Amazon	12
Nutrient‐use strategy and not competition determines native and invasive species response to changes in soil nutrient availability	12
Coastal wetland restoration improves habitat for juvenile sportfish in Tampa Bay, Florida, U.S.A.	12
Seed bank offers potential for active restoration of mountain meadows	12
Evaluating the sustainability of mine rehabilitation programs in China	12
Social–ecological management results in sustained recovery of an imperiled salmon population	12
How effective is direct seeding to restore the functional composition of neotropical savannas?	11
Soil reconstruction after mining fails to restore soil function in an Australian arid woodland	11
Biochar and woodchip amendments alter restoration outcomes, microbial processes, and soil moisture in a simulated semi‐arid ecosystem	11
A new perspective and approach to ecosystem restoration: a seed enhancement technology guide and case study	11
Seeding or planting to revegetate the world's degraded land: systematic review and experimentation to address methodological issues	11
Dynamics in vegetation and seed bank composition highlight the importance of post‐restoration management in sown grasslands	11
Gender inclusion in ecological restoration	11
Unusually high‐quality soil seed banks in a Midwestern U.S. oak savanna region: variation with land use history, habitat restoration, and soil properties	11
Introduction of giant tortoises as a replacement “ecosystem engineer” to facilitate restoration of Santa Fe Island, Galapagos	11
Does the road to land degradation neutrality in India is paved with restoration science?	11
Planting, seeding, and sediment impact restoration success following dam removal	11
Leveraging the value of conservation physiology for ecological restoration	10
Chronosequence of former kaolinite open cast mines suggests active intervention is required for the restoration of Atlantic heathland	10
Floral resource selection by wild bees and honey bees in the Midwest United States: implications for designing pollinator habitat	10
A successful method of transplanting adult Ecklonia radiata kelp, and relevance to other habitat‐forming macroalgae	10
Successful restoration of Metrosideros polymorpha (ʻōhiʻa) is possible in forest sites with active Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death infections	10
Quantifying effects of increased hydroperiod on wetland nutrient concentrations during early phases of freshwater restoration of the Florida Everglades	10
Long‐term restoration altered edaphic properties and soil microbial communities in forests: evidence from four plantations of southern China	10
Deploying microbes as drivers and indicators in ecological restoration	10
The effect of different treatments of moss layer transfer technique on plant functional types' biomass in revegetated milled peatlands	10
Measuring at all scales: sourcing data for more flexible restoration references	10
Recovery of soil phosphorus on former bauxite mines through tropical forest restoration	10
Incorporating facilitative interactions into small‐scale eelgrass restoration—challenges and opportunities	10
Post‐pandemic recovery through landscape restoration	10
Restoration seedbanks for mined land restoration	10
Outplanting optimized: developing a more efficient coral attachment technique using Portland cement	10
Community‐led peatland restoration in Southeast Asia: 5Rs approach	10
Restoring for the climate: a review of coastal wetland restoration research in the last 30 years	10
Salt marsh climate change adaptation: Using runnels to adapt to accelerating sea level rise within a drowning New England salt marsh	10
How to increase the supply of native seed to improve restoration success: the US native seed development process	10
Monitoring ecological characteristics of a tallgrass prairie using an unmanned aerial vehicle	10
Seed transfer zones based on environmental variables better reflect variability in vegetation than administrative units: evidence from Hungary	10
Selective herbicide control: using furrows and carbon seed coatings to establish a native bunchgrass while reducing cheatgrass cover	10
Restoration of southern hemisphere beech (Nothofagaceae) forests: a meta‐analysis	10
Long‐term effects of rewilding on species composition: 22 years of raptor monitoring in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone	9
Livelihood security policy can support ecosystem restoration	9

Australian native seed sector characteristics and perceptions indicate low capacity for upscaled ecological restoration: insights from the Australian Native Seed Report	9
Inoculation with native soil improves seedling survival and reduces non‐native reinvasion in a grassland restoration	9
Does revegetation cause soil microbiota recovery? Evidence from revisiting a revegetation chronosequence 6 years after initial sampling	9
Genetic and mating system assessment of translocation success of the long‐lived perennial shrub Lambertia orbifolia (Proteaceae)	9
Inoculum origin and soil legacy can shape plant–soil feedback outcomes for tropical grassland restoration	9
Invasive weed‐based biochar facilitated the restoration of coal mine degraded land by modulating the enzyme activity and carbon sequestration	9
Ecological restoration success from community and agency perspectives: exploring the differences	9
Forest restoration is more than firing seeds from a drone	9
Intense mowing management suppresses invader, but shifts competitive resistance by a native to facilitation	9
Community perspectives on the reintroduction of Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) to the UK	9
From the ground up: prioritizing soil at the forefront of ecological restoration	9
Understanding the key characteristics and challenges of pine barrens restoration: insights from a Delphi survey of forest land managers and researchers	9
Establishing new grasslands on crop fields: short‐term development of plant and arthropod communities	9
Restoration potential of Asian oysters on heavily developed coastlines	9
Experimental evolution of the coral algal endosymbiont, Cladocopium goreaui: lessons learnt across a decade of stress experiments to enhance coral heat tolerance	9
DNA metabarcoding captures subtle differences in forest beetle communities following disturbance	9
Repeatability of the searching process in reviews of restoration outcomes	9
Practitioner views on the determinants of tropical forest restoration longevity	9
An assessment of the seascape genetic structure and hydrodynamic connectivity for subtropical seagrass restoration	9
Ecosystem state assessment after more than 100 years since planting for dune consolidation	9
Applying coral breeding to reef restoration: best practices, knowledge gaps, and priority actions in a rapidly‐evolving field	9
Removal or utilization? Testing alternative approaches to the management of an invasive woody legume in an arid Indian grassland	9
The resistance and short‐term resilience of a restored extracted peatland ecosystems post‐fire: an opportunistic study after a wildfire	9
Long‐term effect of mowing on the restoration of Pannonian sand grassland to replace invasive black locust plantation	9
How participation in ecological restoration can foster a connection to nature	9
Impacts of remotely sensed environmental drivers on coral outplant survival	8
Genetic rescue reduces mate limitation in a threatened, clonal, and self‐incompatible plant species	8
Recovering Australia's arid‐zone ecosystems: learning from continental‐scale rabbit control experiments	8
Nativeness is not binary—a graduated terminology for native and non‐native species in the Anthropocene	8
Replanting agricultural landscapes: how well do plants survive after habitat restoration?	8
Are large census‐sized populations always the best sources for plant translocations?	8
Bird functional diversity in restored and secondary forests of the Colombian Andes	8
Guild‐level responses by mammalian predators to afforestation and subsequent restoration in a formerly treeless peatland landscape	8
Trends and knowledge gaps on ecological restoration research in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest	8
Biotic and abiotic treatments as a bet‐hedging approach to restoring plant communities and soil functions	8
Restoration of retired agricultural land to wetland mitigates greenhouse gas emissions	8
Nitrate reduction capacity is limited by belowground plant recovery in a 32‐year‐old created salt marsh	8
The governance of marine restoration: insights from three cases in two European seas	8
Ecosystem restoration in India during the United Nations decade on ecosystem restoration: the way forward	8
Endozoochory of a dry‐fruited tree aids quarry passive restoration and seed soaking further increases seedling emergence	8
Effects of chronic and acute stressors on transplanted black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) seedlings along an eroding Louisiana shoreline	8
A framework for measuring the effects of disturbance in restoration projects	8
Rehabilitation of Mediterranean animal forests using gorgonians from fisheries by‐catch	8
Green hay application and diverse seeding approaches to restore grazed lowland meadows: progress after 4 years and effects of a flood risk gradient	8
General attributes and practice of ecological restoration in Arizona and California, U.S.A., revealed by restoration stakeholder surveys	8
Removal of macroalgae from degraded reefs enhances coral recruitment	8
Assessing mangrove restoration practices using species‐interaction networks	8
Topsoil removal in degraded open sandy grasslands: can we restore threatened vegetation fast?	8
Forest restoration by direct seeding: a global bibliometric analysis	8
Community‐level assisted migration for climate‐appropriate prairie restoration	8
The effectiveness of using targeted grazing for vegetation management: a meta‐analysis	8
Restoration perceptions and collaboration challenges under severe water scarcity: the Aculeo Lake process	8
Post‐fire restoration with contour‐felled log debris increases early recruitment of Spanish black pine (Pinus nigra Arn. ssp. salzmannii) in Mediterranean forests	8
Riparian vegetation shade restoration and loss effects on recent and future stream temperatures	8
Establishment of wildflower strips in a wide range of environments: a lesson from a landscape‐scale project	7
Investigating natural attenuation of PAHs by soil microbial communities: insights by a machine learning approach	7
Seismic line edge effects on plants, lichens and their environmental conditions in boreal peatlands of Northwest Alberta (Canada)	7
Thinking systemically about ecological interventions: what do system archetypes teach us?	7
Biocultural restoration improves delivery of ecosystem services in social‐ecological landscapes	7
Investigating transplantation as a mechanism for seagrass restoration in South Africa	7
A comparison of plant communities in restored, old field, and remnant coastal prairies	7
Seeding is not always necessary to restore native early successional plant communities	7
Ecological impacts of coral gardening outplanting in the Maldives	7
Direct seeding to restore tropical seasonal forests: effects of green manure and hydrogel amendment on tree species performances and weed infestation	7
Performance of innovative materials as recruitment substrates for coral restoration	7
Once a pond in time: employing palaeoecology to inform farmland pond restoration	7
Aquatic invertebrate assemblages as potential indicators of restoration conditions in wetlands of Northeastern China	7
Effects of coral restoration on fish communities: snapshots of long‐term, multiregional responses and implications for practice	7
Nitrogen limitation reduces the performance of target plant species in restored meadows	7
The Dilemma of Scale: competing imperatives for global restoration	7
Soil and water nutrients in stem‐only and whole‐tree harvest treatments in restored boreal peatlands	7
Variation in prescribed fire and bison grazing supports multiple bee nesting groups in tallgrass prairie	7
Adaptation of plant‐mycorrhizal interactions to moisture availability in prairie restoration	7
A dynamic modeling tool to anticipate the effectiveness of invasive plant control and restoration recovery trajectories in South African fynbos	7
Prioritizing dams for removal to advance restoration and conservation efforts in the western United States	7
Reference site selection protocols for mine site ecosystem restoration	7
Behavior change and sustainability of ecological restoration projects	7
Investigating societal attitudes toward marine ecosystem restoration	7
Alpine restoration: planting and seeding of native species facilitate vegetation recovery	7
Integrating evolutionary potential and ecological function into agricultural seed production to meet demands for the decade of restoration	7
Optimizing the initial cultivation stages of kelp Ecklonia radiata for restoration	7
Small mammal responses to wetland restoration in the Greater Everglades ecosystem	7
UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration: key considerations for Africa	7
Similarity analyses in restoration ecology and how to improve their utility	7
Effects of woody debris and cover soil types on soil properties and vegetation 4–5 years after oil sands reclamation	7
Indigenous environmental justice through coproduction of mining restoration supply chains in Australia	6
Active restoration leads to rapid recovery of aboveground biomass but limited recovery of fish diversity in planted mangrove forests of the North Brazil Shelf	6
A new in situ method showed greater persistence of added soil organic matter in natural than restored wetlands	6
Ecosystem carbon exchange and nitrogen removal rates in two 33‐year‐old constructed salt marshes are similar to those in a nearby natural marsh	6
Futuristic restoration: an oxymoronic paradigm for an idiosyncratic place in time	6
Optimizing seed injection as a seagrass restoration method	6
The potential role of biotic interactions in stream restoration	6
Functional trajectory for the assessment of ecological restoration success	6
Ground cover and native ant predation influence survival of metamorphic amphibians in a southeastern pine savanna undergoing restoration	6
Can locally sourced inoculum and biochar synergistically improve the establishment of mycorrhizal fungi in mine tailings?	6