Long-term approaches to native woodland restoration: Palaeoecological and stakeholder perspectives on Atlantic forests of Northern Europe

Davies, Althea

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2010.12.006

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“…; Sayer et al . ; Davies ; Birks ), particularly where data bases are available to help test new cross‐scale methods more widely (Polly et al . ).…”

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“…In addition, linking LTE with the multidecadal trends that are emerging from established monitoring networks could help identify delayed responses that can prevent timely management adaptation (Monteith & Evans 2005;Morecroft et al 2009;Youngblood & Palik 2011;Hughes et al 2012). This would also provide opportunities to develop new methods of data comparison and integration (Froyd & Willis 2008;Hanley et al 2008;Sayer et al 2010;Davies 2011;Birks 2012), particularly where data bases are available to help test new cross-scale methods more widely (Polly et al 2011). Undoubtedly this will require compromise as no sites or data sets will be perfect where multiple interests are involved (Birks 2012).…”

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Improving the application of long‐term ecology in conservation and land management

Davies

Colombo

Hanley

2013

Journal of Applied Ecology

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Summary1. Significant effort is being made to develop more inclusive and systematic decision-making frameworks in ecology, but these have yet to include palaeoecology. Doing so would address critical questions about long-term ecological processes (spanning >50 years). 2. This paper outlines the main barriers to the integration of long-term ecological data (LTE) into management. Using two UK upland case studies, it uses a choice experiment to assess the value placed on LTE by ecological researchers, policymakers and practitioners. Respondents were able to consider how selecting or excluding different sources of evidence might affect management decisions and their environmental outcomes. 3. The results suggest that LTE has the potential to become a valued part of the evidence base for guiding land-management decisions. 4. Synthesis and applications. Placing more emphasis on site-based approaches can help translate this potential into practice by demonstrating the practical benefits of using LTE. By working with managers to address site-based issues, palaeoecology can provide additional insights into ecosystem dynamics and critical thresholds. Using LTE can also improve conservation effectiveness by ensuring that both rapid and lagged responses are anticipated and indicating the range of variability against which management responses can be evaluated.

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“…; Sayer et al . ; Davies ; Birks ), particularly where data bases are available to help test new cross‐scale methods more widely (Polly et al . ).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

Improving the application of long‐term ecology in conservation and land management

Davies

Colombo

Hanley

2013

Journal of Applied Ecology

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“…A number of studies used various economic techniques to value future restoration projects including contingent value methods (Macmillan & Duff ; Desaigues & Ami ; Mitani et al ; Johnston et al ), opportunity cost (Dorrough et al ), and cost‐benefit analysis including ecosystem services (Currie et al ; Birch et al ; Suding ). Other studies looked at community attitudes to the environment and restoration to prioritize and guide the direction of future projects (Ostergren et al ; Davies ) and their willingness to participate in programs (Januchowski‐Hartley et al ). Although clearly useful for planning restoration projects, these types of a priori evaluations are not a substitute for determining the realized socioeconomic outcomes or impacts of restoration.…”

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Evaluating Ecological Restoration Success: A Review of the Literature

Wortley

Hero

Howes

2013

Restoration Ecology

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Assessing the success of ecological restoration projects is critical to justify the use of restoration in natural resource management and to improve best practice. Although there are extensive discussions surrounding the characteristics that define and measure successful restoration, monitoring or evaluation of projects in practice is widely thought to have lagged behind. We conducted a literature review to determine trends in evaluations of restoration projects and identify key knowledge gaps that need to be addressed. We searched the Web of Knowledge plus two additional restoration journals not found in the database for empirical papers that assessed restoration projects post-implementation. We quantified the extent that key attributes of success, including ecological (vegetation structure, species diversity and abundance, and ecosystem functioning) and socioeconomic, were addressed by these papers along with trends in publication and restoration characteristics. Encouragingly, we found the number of empirical evaluations has grown substantially in recent years. The increased age of restoration projects and number of papers that assessed ecological functions since previous reviews of the literature is also a positive development. Research is still heavily skewed toward United States and Australia, however, and identifying an appropriate reference site needs further investigation. Of particular concern is the dearth of papers identified in the literature search that included any measure of socioeconomic attributes. Focusing future empirical research on quantifying ecosystem services and other socioeconomic outcomes is essential for understanding the full benefits and costs of ecological restoration and to support its use in natural resource management.

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“…This underscores the sensitivity of these oceanic woods to growth stress. However, instances of rapid pine spread in response to drier climate (Gear & Huntley 1991) and of pine and birch expansion following changes in grazing pressure (Shaw & Tipping 2006; Davies 2011) indicate the capacity for expansion. Huntley et al .…”

Section: Biodiversity and Conservationmentioning

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Palaeoecological perspectives on Holocene environmental change in Scotland

Edwards

Bennett

Davies

2018

Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Socie

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Palaeoecology has been prominent in studies of environmental change during the Holocene epoch in Scotland. These studies have been dominated by palynology (pollen, spore and related bio-and litho-stratigraphic analyses) as a key approach to multi- and inter-disciplinary investigations of topics such as vegetation, climate and landscape change. This paper highlights some key dimensions of the pollen- and vegetation-based archive, with a focus upon woodland dynamics, blanket peat, human impacts, biodiversity and conservation. Following a brief discussion of chronological, climatic, faunal and landscape contexts, the migration, survival and nature of the woodland cover through time is assessed, emphasising its time-transgressiveness and altitudinal variation. While agriculture led to the demise of woodland in lowland areas of the south and east, the spread of blanket peat was especially a phenomenon of the north and west, including the Western and Northern Isles. Almost a quarter of Scotland is covered by blanket peat and the cause(s) of its spread continue(s) to evoke recourse to climatic, topographic, pedogenic, hydrological, biotic or anthropogenic influences, while we remain insufficiently knowledgeable about the timing of the formation processes. Humans have been implicated in vegetational change throughout the Holocene, with prehistoric woodland removal, woodland management, agricultural impacts arising from arable and pastoral activities, potential heathland development and afforestation. The viability of many current vegetation communities remains a concern, in that Scottish data show reductions in plant diversity over the last 400 years, which recent conservation efforts have yet to reverse. Palaeoecological evidence can be used to test whether conservation baselines and restoration targets are appropriate to longer-term ecosystem variability and can help identify when modern conditions have no past analogues.

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Long-term approaches to native woodland restoration: Palaeoecological and stakeholder perspectives on Atlantic forests of Northern Europe

Cited by 12 publications

References 106 publications

Improving the application of long‐term ecology in conservation and land management

Improving the application of long‐term ecology in conservation and land management

Evaluating Ecological Restoration Success: A Review of the Literature

Palaeoecological perspectives on Holocene environmental change in Scotland

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