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Functional traits and ecosystem services in ecological restoration

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Author(s):
Carlucci, Marcos B. [1] ; Brancalion, Pedro H. S. [2] ; Rodrigues, Ricardo R. [3] ; Loyola, Rafael [4, 5] ; Cianciaruso, Marcus V. [4]
Total Authors: 5
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Fed Parana, Dept Bot, Lab Ecol Func Comunidades LABEF, BR-81531980 Curitiba, Parana - Brazil
[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Ciencias Florestais, Escola Super Agr Luiz de Queiroz, BR-13418900 Piracicaba, SP - Brazil
[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Ciencias Biol, Escola Super Agr Luiz de Queiroz, BR-13418900 Piracicaba, SP - Brazil
[4] Univ Fed Goias, Dept Ecol, BR-74690900 Goiania, Go - Brazil
[5] Fundacao Brasileira Desenvolvimento Sustentavel, BR-22610180 Rio De Janeiro, RJ - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 5
Document type: Review article
Source: RESTORATION ECOLOGY; v. 28, n. 6, p. 1372-1383, NOV 2020.
Web of Science Citations: 1
Abstract

The application of a functional trait-based approach to ecological restoration is receiving growing attention worldwide, but lack of knowledge on functional traits and how they link to ecosystem services imposes a major barrier to operationalize such approach. Synthesizing the existing knowledge on functional trait-based restoration is thus a timely and important challenge. We systematically reviewed the literature to assess how ecosystem services are associated to functional traits across organisms, ecosystem types, and continents. We also assessed the existing trait-based frameworks to target ecosystem services in restoration ecology. Then, we discussed future perspectives for the field, especially the challenges of applying trait-based frameworks in megadiverse tropical ecosystems, which have ambitious restoration commitments. Most papers focused on plants (72%), terrestrial habitats (69%), and non-tropical ecosystems (68%) and monitored ecosystem services and functional traits after restoration started rather than using them as previous targets. Only 12% of the papers targeted the restoration of both services and traits a priori, and 3.8% presented a clear trait-based framework to target ecosystem services in restoration. The possibility of selecting alternative subsets of complementary species in their provisioning of ecosystem services should make functional restoration more feasible than traditional approaches in species-rich tropical ecosystems. With this review and our critical insights on the perspectives of applying functional trait-based restoration widely, we hope to assist broad-scale restoration programs to obtain higher levels of benefits for nature and human well-being per unit of area undergoing restoration, going beyond the area-based approach that has dominated restoration commitments. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 13/50718-5 - Ecological restoration of riparian forests, native forest of economic production and of degraded forest fragments (in APP and RL) based on restoration ecology of reference ecosystems in order to scientifically test the precepts of the New Brazilian Forest Code
Grantee:Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues
Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants