Enhancement of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services by Ecological Restoration: A Meta-Analysis Export

@article{citeulike:5663864, abstract = {Ecological restoration is widely used to reverse the environmental degradation caused by human activities. However, the effectiveness of restoration actions in increasing provision of both biodiversity and ecosystem services has not been evaluated systematically. A meta-analysis of 89 restoration assessments in a wide range of ecosystem types across the globe indicates that ecological restoration increased provision of biodiversity and ecosystem services by 44 and 25\%, respectively. However, values of both remained lower in restored versus intact reference ecosystems. Increases in biodiversity and ecosystem service measures after restoration were positively correlated. Results indicate that restoration actions focused on enhancing biodiversity should support increased provision of ecosystem services, particularly in tropical terrestrial biomes. 10.1126/science.1172460}, author = {Benayas, Jose M. and Newton, Adrian C. and Diaz, Anita and Bullock, James M.}, citeulike-article-id = {5663864}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1172460}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/325/5944/1121}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19644076}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19644076}, day = {28}, doi = {10.1126/science.1172460}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {biodiversity, ecological, ecosystem, ecosystem-services, evidence-synthesis, meta-analysis, restoration}, month = {August}, number = {5944}, pages = {1121--1124}, posted-at = {2009-10-02 09:27:20}, priority = {2}, title = {Enhancement of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services by Ecological Restoration: A Meta-Analysis}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1172460}, volume = {325}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5663864 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5663864 N2 - Ecological restoration is widely used to reverse the environmental degradation caused by human activities. However, the effectiveness of restoration actions in increasing provision of both biodiversity and ecosystem services has not been evaluated systematically. A meta-analysis of 89 restoration assessments in a wide range of ecosystem types across the globe indicates that ecological restoration increased provision of biodiversity and ecosystem services by 44 and 25%, respectively. However, values of both remained lower in restored versus intact reference ecosystems. Increases in biodiversity and ecosystem service measures after restoration were positively correlated. Results indicate that restoration actions focused on enhancing biodiversity should support increased provision of ecosystem services, particularly in tropical terrestrial biomes. 10.1126/science.1172460 IS - 5944 JF - Science EP - 1124 TI - Enhancement of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services by Ecological Restoration: A Meta-Analysis VL - 325 SP - 1121 KW - biodiversity KW - ecological KW - ecosystem KW - ecosystem-services KW - evidence-synthesis KW - meta-analysis KW - restoration AU - Benayas, Jose AU - Newton, Adrian AU - Diaz, Anita AU - Bullock, James PY - 2009/08/28/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1172460 ER -