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Passive restoration can be an effective strategy: a reply to Prach and del Moral (2015)
Author(s) -
Zahawi Rakan A.,
Reid J. Leighton,
Holl Karen D.
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.12249
Subject(s) - set (abstract data type) , computer science , economics , programming language
We agree with Prach and del Moral that passive recovery is often a desirable and effective restoration strategy. Passive and various active restoration approaches need to be weighed on a case‐by‐case basis and depend on the goals, relative rates of recovery desired, and various social and financial costs implicit in each option. That said, we stress that passive restoration has a unique set of challenges and costs, which we highlighted in our original article and briefly reiterate here.