Designing restoration programs based on understanding the drivers of ecological change

Proceedings of the American elm restoration workshop 2016

“…First, given the many other threats affecting most ecosystems and the limited resources available for conservation, one needs a compelling rationale why restoring this particular species is a priority (Marks and Van Driesche 2016). For example, a key question to investigate is if natural selection has already increased the disease tolerance of the wild population to the level where demographic rates and elm forest structure are recovering unassisted by a breeding program.…”