Integrating ecosystem functions into restoration ecology—recent advances and future directions

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 722-730

  Kollmann, Johannes ^a   Meyer, Sebastian T ^a   Bateman, Rolf ^b   Conradi, Timo ^a,c   Gossner, Martin M ^a   de Souza Mendonça, Milton ^d   Fernandes, Geraldo W ^e,f   Hermann, Julia Maria ^a   Koch, Christiane ^a   Müller, Sandra C ^d   Oki, Yumi ^e   Overbeck, Gerhard E ^d   Paterno, Gustavo B ^g   Rosenfield, Milena F ^d   Toma, Tiago S P ^d   Weisser, Wolfgang W ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

biodiversity research; habitat types; monitoring; organism groups; rapid ecosystem function assessment

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; FUTURE PROSPECT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

INVERTEBRATA; TRACHEOPHYTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84984914643     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rec.12422     Document Type: Review

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