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Seeding or planting to revegetate the world's degraded land: systematic review and experimentation to address methodological issues
Author(s) -
Leverkus Alexandro B.,
Lázaro González Alba,
Andivia Enrique,
Castro Jorge,
Jiménez María Noelia,
Navarro Francisco B.
Publication year - 2021
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.13372
Subject(s) - revegetation , seeding , sowing , clarity , agroforestry , environmental science , tree planting , computer science , environmental resource management , agricultural engineering , ecology , agronomy , engineering , biology , land reclamation , biochemistry
Revegetation is key to achieve the goals of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. For many situations and plant species, selecting direct seeding or planting can define revegetation success. However, there is no clarity about when one method should be preferred over the other, partly driven by methodological difficulties that preclude avoiding bias during experimentation. To move the debate forward, (1) we propose a systematic review of the studies that compare seeding and planting, including how they have handled bias; and (2) we describe an ongoing experiment that tests different ways to handle bias when comparing seeding with planting.