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Passive restoration is often quite effective: response to Zahawi et al. (2014)
Author(s) -
Prach Karel,
del Moral Roger
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
restoration ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.214
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1526-100X
pISSN - 1061-2971
DOI - 10.1111/rec.12224
Subject(s) - vegetation (pathology) , restoration ecology , habitat , variety (cybernetics) , environmental resource management , ecology , geography , environmental science , computer science , biology , medicine , pathology , artificial intelligence
Although we share many of the ideas expressed by Zahawi et al., we believe that they are more skeptical in some aspects of the value of passive restoration than we are. Their comment is based primarily on experience within tropical habitats with idiosyncratic legal and social circumstances that limit extrapolations to other habitats. Passive restoration is not always slower than active restoration, and restoration goals should not always focus on rapid development of mature vegetation structure and function. Even less mature vegetation may provide important benefits. A meta‐analysis to compare passive and active restoration in a variety of habitats and geographical regions is needed.