Spatial congruence among indicators of recovery completeness in a Mediterranean forest landscape: Implications for planning large-scale restoration

Altamirano, Adison; Miranda, Alejandro; Meli, Paula; Dehennin, Joris; Muys, Bart; Prado, Marco A. M.; Catalán, German; Smith‐Ramírez, Cecilia; Bustamante‐Sánchez, Marcela A.; Lisón, Fulgencio; Benayas, José M. Rey

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.03.046

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“…In a context in which there is uncertainty about the persistence of forest ecosystems due to climate warming and increased aridification (Watson et al 2018), it is necessary to understand the attributes which provide forest ecosystems with greater resilience. However, recovery of their attributes and functions after disturbances may be difficult even with active restoration actions and could be less predictable in a global changing context (Moreno-Mateos et al 2017;Jones et al 2018;Altamirano et al 2019). Moreover, the resistance of a forest ecosystem may provide also valuable information about the ecological contexts which would enable it to persist or remain stable within certain degree of environmental variability (Scheffer et al 2009).…”

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Forest browning trends in response to drought in a highly threatened mediterranean landscape of South America

Miranda

Lara

Altamirano

et al. 2020

Ecological Indicators

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Forest browning trends in response to drought in a highly threatened mediterranean landscape of South America

Miranda

Lara

Altamirano

et al. 2020

Ecological Indicators

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“…In addition, in the context of our study, that did not include young sites in early phases of restoration, regenerants richness, cover, and dominance were not determined by the age of restoration sites, while zoochorous richness was. The congruence between indicators of vegetation has not been widely assessed in tropical forests under passive restoration, but a study conducted in Mediterranean forests in Chile showed low spatial congruence among recovery indicators, highlighting the importance of indicator selection for monitoring restoration (Altamirano et al 2019). We also highlight the relation between resolution indicators and the more qualified ones sometimes present high dispersion.…”

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Simple indicators are good proxies for ecological complexity when assessing Atlantic Forest restoration success

Massi

Chaves

Tambosi

2022

Restoration Ecology

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Legal regulation related to restoration monitoring should be supported and validated by studies that evaluate the performance of indicators. In Brazil, a specific state regulation uses three indicators to attest recovery: ground cover with native vegetation (i.e. canopy cover, for tropical forest restoration projects) and density and richness of native plants spontaneously regenerating. Thus, we adopted other three ecological parameters: richness of zoochorous regenerant species (a functioning indicator linked to seed dispersal), the density of non-pioneer regenerants (a composition indicator), and dominance (a structure indicator), to test whether the indicators of the legal state monitoring protocol were associated to these more qualified indicators and we discussed the state protocol effectiveness. We evaluated 10 sites under restoration in the Atlantic Forest ranging from 9 to 45 years old and a reference area. Our results showed that the three indicators of the state monitoring protocol were associated to more qualified indicators in different restored sites and they can be considered proxies of ecological parameters to monitor and attest restoration success of tropical rainforest. In addition, dominance was strongly associated with richness of regenerants, but it was not associated to density, implying that richness and density of regenerants are not redundant and both should be monitored in the field. This kind of analysis could be usefully applied to define powerful and integrative indicators elsewhere, simplifying them without losing effectiveness as a means to stimulate wide adoption of monitoring protocols in the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.

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“…Within a watershed, fires can interrupt a wide range of ecosystem services, both related to water [9], as well as carbon storage and ecosystem services associated with plant species, especially native and endemic species [25].…”

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“…and the extension and continuity of the forest plantations diminish the resilience of native ecosystems. Thus, management measures and knowledge of landscape processes are the keys to the recovery of the landscape [25,56,57].…”

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The Effects of a Megafire on Ecosystem Services and the Pace of Landscape Recovery

Mancilla-Ruiz

Barrera

González

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(1) Background: Megafires have affected several regions in the world (e.g., Australia, California), including, in 2017, the central and south-central zones of Chile. These areas represent real laboratories to monitor the impacts on the sustainability of landscapes and their recovery after fires. The present research examines the modification of dynamics and the provision of ecosystem services by a megafire in a Mediterranean landscape in central Chile, combining remote sensing technologies and ecosystem service assessments. (2) Methods: Land cover and spectral indices (NBRI, BAIS-2, NDVI, and EVI) were measured using Sentinel-2 imagery, while the provision of ecosystem services was evaluated using an expert-based matrix. (3) Results: The megafire affected forest plantations, formerly the dominant land cover, as well as other ecosystems, e.g., native forests. After five years, the landscape is dominated by exotic shrublands and grasslands. (4) Conclusions: The megafire caused a loss of 50% of the landscape’s capacity to supply ecosystem services. Given that native forests are the best provider of ecosystem services in this landscape, restoration is a key to recovering landscape sustainability.

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Spatial congruence among indicators of recovery completeness in a Mediterranean forest landscape: Implications for planning large-scale restoration

Cited by 11 publications

References 62 publications

Forest browning trends in response to drought in a highly threatened mediterranean landscape of South America

Forest browning trends in response to drought in a highly threatened mediterranean landscape of South America

Simple indicators are good proxies for ecological complexity when assessing Atlantic Forest restoration success

The Effects of a Megafire on Ecosystem Services and the Pace of Landscape Recovery

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