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dc.contributor.authorRydgren, Knut
dc.contributor.authorHalvorsen, Rune
dc.contributor.authorTöpper, Joachim Paul
dc.contributor.authorAuestad, Inger
dc.contributor.authorHamre, Liv Norunn
dc.contributor.authorJongejans, Eelke
dc.contributor.authorSulavik, Jan
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-05T11:05:36Z
dc.date.available2018-09-05T11:05:36Z
dc.date.created2018-09-04T14:56:29Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.issn0021-8901
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2560925
dc.description.abstract1. Species composition is a vital attribute of any ecosystem. Accordingly, ecological restoration often has the original, or “natural,” species composition as its target. However, we still lack adequate methods for predicting the expected time to compositional recovery in restoration studies. 2. We describe and explore a new, ordination regression-based approach (ORBA) for predicting time to recovery that allows both linear and asymptotic (logarithmic) relationships of compositional change with time. The approach uses distances between restored plots and reference plots along the successional gradient, represented by a vector in ordination space, to predict time to recovery. Thus, the approach rests on three requirements: (a) the general form of the relationship between compositional change and time must be known; (b) a sufficiently strong successional gradient must be present and adequately represented in a species compositional dataset; and (c) a restoration target must be specified. We tested the approach using data from a boreal old-growth forest that was followed for 18 years after experimental disturbance. Data from the first 9 years after disturbance were used to develop models, the subsequent 9 years for validation. 3. Rates of compositional recovery in the example dataset followed the general pattern of decrease with time since disturbance. Accordingly, linear models were too optimistic about the time to recovery, whereas the asymptotic models provided more precise predictions. 4. Synthesis and applications. Our results demonstrate that the new approach opens for reliable prediction of recovery rates and time to recovery using species compositional data. Moreover, it allows us to assess whether recovery proceeds in the desired direction and to quantitatively compare restoration speed, and hence effectiveness, between alternative management options. ordination, prediction, recovery, reference, restoration ecology, species composition, successional gradient, time to recoverynb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.rightsNavngivelse-Ikkekommersiell 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.no*
dc.subjectordinationnb_NO
dc.subjectpredictionnb_NO
dc.subjectrecoverynb_NO
dc.subjectreferencenb_NO
dc.subjectrestoration ecologynb_NO
dc.subjectspecies compositionnb_NO
dc.subjectsuccessional gradientnb_NO
dc.subjecttime to recoverynb_NO
dc.titleAdvancing restoration ecology: A new approach to predict time to recoverynb_NO
dc.title.alternativeAdvancing restoration ecology: A new approach to predict time to recoverynb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionnb_NO
dc.rights.holder© 2018 The Authors.nb_NO
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480nb_NO
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Zoology and botany: 480nb_NO
dc.source.journalJournal of Applied Ecologynb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/1365-2664.13254
dc.identifier.cristin1606668
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 238281nb_NO
cristin.unitcode7511,8,0,0
cristin.unitnameBergen
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