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      Restoration, Reintroduction, and Rewilding in a Changing World

      Trends in Ecology & Evolution
      Elsevier BV

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          Will plant movements keep up with climate change?

          In the face of anthropogenic climate change, species must acclimate, adapt, move, or die. Although some species are moving already, their ability to keep up with the faster changes expected in the future is unclear. 'Migration lag' is a particular concern with plants, because it could threaten both biodiversity and carbon storage. Plant movements are not realistically represented in models currently used to predict future vegetation and carbon-cycle feedbacks, so there is an urgent need to understand how much of a problem failure to track climate change is likely to be. Therefore, in this review, we compare how fast plants need to move with how fast they can move; that is, the velocity of climate change with the velocity of plant movement. Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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              Applying trait-based models to achieve functional targets for theory-driven ecological restoration.

              Manipulating community assemblages to achieve functional targets is a key component of restoring degraded ecosystems. The response-and-effect trait framework provides a conceptual foundation for translating restoration goals into functional trait targets, but a quantitative framework has been lacking for translating trait targets into assemblages of species that practitioners can actually manipulate. This study describes new trait-based models that can be used to generate ranges of species abundances to test theories about which traits, which trait values and which species assemblages are most effective for achieving functional outcomes. These models are generalisable, flexible tools that can be widely applied across many terrestrial ecosystems. Examples illustrate how the framework generates assemblages of indigenous species to (1) achieve desired community responses by applying the theories of environmental filtering, limiting similarity and competitive hierarchies, or (2) achieve desired effects on ecosystem functions by applying the theories of mass ratios and niche complementarity. Experimental applications of this framework will advance our understanding of how to set functional trait targets to achieve the desired restoration goals. A trait-based framework provides restoration ecology with a robust scaffold on which to apply fundamental ecological theory to maintain resilient and functioning ecosystems in a rapidly changing world.
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                Journal
                Trends in Ecology & Evolution
                Trends in Ecology & Evolution
                Elsevier BV
                01695347
                June 2016
                June 2016
                : 31
                : 6
                : 453-462
                Article
                10.1016/j.tree.2016.02.017
                26987771
                d89196ca-3bf9-41f4-8074-1a1dc1c28425
                © 2016
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