Synthesis on the effectiveness of soil translocation for plant community restoration
authors:
Gijs M. Gerrits, Rik Waenink, Asa L. Aradottir, Elise Buisson, Thierry Dutoit, Maxmiller C. Ferreira, Joseph B. Fontaine, Renaud Jaunatre, Paul Kardol, Roos Loeb, Sandra Magro Ruiz, Mia R. Maltz, Meelis Pärtel, Begona Peco, Julien Piqueray, Natashi A. L. Pilon, Ignacio Santa-Regina, Katharina T. Schmidt, Philip Sengl, Rudy van Diggelen, Daniel L. M. Vieira, Wolfgang von Brackel, Pawel Waryszak, Tim J. Wills, Rob H. Marrs, E. R. Jasper Wubs
publication:
Journal of Applied Ecology, DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.14364
Year:
2023
month:
2 - February
description:
Many degraded ecosystems need active restoration to conserve biodiversity and re-establish ecosystem function, both highlighted targets of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and the proposed EU Nature restoration law. Soil translocation, where both plant propagules and their associated soil biota are co-introduced, has increasingly been proposed as a powerful restoration technique for terrestrial ecosystems.