Alternative states and positive feedbacks in restoration ecology.

By K. Suding, K. Gross, G. Houseman. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2004

1,739 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/5131347ce49719158eee8b5d8701213f6736e2d9

How researchers see this paper

The researchers whose trusted networks rank it highest, strongest advocate first. Every researcher gets a different order.

In Global and Planetary Change

In Nature and Landscape Conservation

Citations in the corpus

Advances in restoration ecology: rising to the challenges of the coming decades (2015, background): “These abiotic and biotic environmental changes, which sometimes led to rapid ecosystem change with apparent hysteresis (e.g., Suding et al. 2004, Groffman et al. 2006, Suding and Hobbs 2009, Samhouri et al. 2010), necessitated a radical rethink of classical restoration goals (e.g., Harris et al.…”
Did you say reference conditions? Ecological and socio-economic perspectives on the European Water Framework Directive (2015, background): “In reality, however, the results of restoration projects are often not what we expect, and the system does not return to its previous state (Suding et al., 2004).”
Patterns of environmental change associated withTypha xglauca invasion in a Great Lakes coastal wetland (2009, background): “Restoration of sites where Typha has become established should address possible soil and functional legacies of invasion (Suding et al. 2004).”
Facilitation in plant communities: the past, the present, and the future (2007, background): “The explicit consideration of facilitation when exploring key topics in this research area, such as stable alternative states (Suding et al. 2004), succession (Walker et al.”
Links between community ecology theory and ecological restoration are on the rise (2018, background): “…et al. (2007) 218 Stable states Alternative ecosystem configurations, the transition among which involves passing ecological thresholds May (1977), Suding, Gross, and Houseman (2004) 46 Deterministic coexistence (any) Mechanisms promoting contemporary occupation of a community by multiple…”
Setting Effective and Realistic Restoration Goals: Key Directions for Research (2007, background): “Of particular importance is the recognition that some ecosystems may occur in a number of alternative states, which may be contingent on the history of disturbance, human intervention etc. (Beisner et al. 2003; Suding et al. 2004).”
State-and-Transition Models, Thresholds, and Rangeland Health: A Synthesis of Ecological Concepts and Perspectives (2005, background): “This restoration approach will require an understanding of how various thresholds constrain ecosystem function, and a prediction of how these thresholds may respond to restoration practices (Whisenant 1999; Suding et al. 2004).”
Woody Species as Landscape Modulators and Their Effect on Biodiversity Patterns (2008, background): “The decay process continues after the disturbance event, since disturbance is usually associated with a positive feedback that intensifies its effect (Suding et al. 2004).”
Are systems with strong underlying abiotic regimes more likely to exhibit alternative stable states (2005, background): “Suding et al. (2004) consider that restoration efforts have traditionally focused on ways in”
Structural and Functional Loss in Restored Wetland Ecosystems (2012, background): “Second, restored wetlands may have shifted to alternative states, different from their condition before degradation [14,15].”