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El Papel de los Jardines Botánicos en la Ciencia y Práctica de la Restauración Ecológica
Author(s) -
HARDWICK KATE A.,
FIEDLER PEGGY,
LEE LYNDON C.,
PAVLIK BRUCE,
HOBBS RICHARD J.,
ARONSON JAMES,
BIDARTONDO MARTIN,
BLACK ERIC,
COATES DAVID,
DAWS MATTHEW I.,
DIXON KINGSLEY,
ELLIOTT STEPHEN,
EWING KERN,
GANN GEORGE,
GIBBONS DAVID,
GRATZFELD JOACHIM,
HAMILTON MARTIN,
HARDMAN DAVID,
HARRIS JIM,
HOLMES PAT M.,
JONES MEIRION,
MABBERLEY DAVID,
MACKENZIE ANDREW,
MAGDALENA CARLOS,
MARRS ROBERT,
MILLIKEN WILLIAM,
MILLS ANTHONY,
LUGHADHA EIMEAR NIC,
RAMSAY MARGARET,
SMITH PAUL,
TAYLOR NIGEL,
TRIVEDI CLARE,
WAY MICHAEL,
WHALEY OLIVER,
HOPPER STEPHEN D.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
conservation biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.2
H-Index - 222
eISSN - 1523-1739
pISSN - 0888-8892
DOI - 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01632.x
Subject(s) - restoration ecology , geography , ecology , plant species , environmental resource management , agroforestry , biology , environmental science
Many of the skills and resources associated with botanic gardens and arboreta, including plant taxonomy, horticulture, and seed bank management, are fundamental to ecological restoration efforts, yet few of the world's botanic gardens are involved in the science or practice of restoration. Thus, we examined the potential role of botanic gardens in these emerging fields. We believe a reorientation of certain existing institutional strengths, such as plant‐based research and knowledge transfer, would enable many more botanic gardens worldwide to provide effective science‐based support to restoration efforts. We recommend botanic gardens widen research to include ecosystems as well as species, increase involvement in practical restoration projects and training practitioners, and serve as information hubs for data archiving and exchange.