High-diversity Atlantic Forest restoration plantings fail to represent local floras
One goal of ecological restoration is species conservation, so selecting tree species from local floras in restoration plantings is important to restore native species populations and avoid biotic homogenization. We evaluated if species planted to restore the Brazilian Atlantic Forest adequately rep...
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| author | Crislaine de Almeida J. Leighton Reid Renato A. Ferreira de Lima Luis Fernando Guedes Pinto Ricardo Augusto Gorne Viani |
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| description | One goal of ecological restoration is species conservation, so selecting tree species from local floras in restoration plantings is important to restore native species populations and avoid biotic homogenization. We evaluated if species planted to restore the Brazilian Atlantic Forest adequately represent the tree flora from local reference forests, comparing the tree seedlings selected for 1,073 restoration plantings with inventory data from 268 forest remnants, for three different Atlantic Forest types. We compared the floristic composition between plantings and remnants and calculated the Jaccard dissimilarity index to assess beta diversity among plantings, among remnants, and between plantings and remnants. Overall, plantings have lower beta diversity and higher nestedness than remnants. Furthermore, plantings form a single floristic group while remnants are split into three forest types. Plantings are more floristically similar to one another than to regional remnant forest types. Tree species selected for Atlantic Forest restoration poorly represent local floras, which could favor biotic homogenization. Incentivizing greater representation of local floras and threatened and endemic species is needed for forest restoration to facilitate biodiversity recovery at large spatial scales. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4d491691dfe642ad814ead37f5a19c3e2025-08-20T03:44:28ZengElsevierPerspectives in Ecology and Conservation2530-06442025-01-0123161110.1016/j.pecon.2024.12.001High-diversity Atlantic Forest restoration plantings fail to represent local florasCrislaine de Almeida0J. Leighton Reid1Renato A. Ferreira de Lima2Luis Fernando Guedes Pinto3Ricardo Augusto Gorne Viani4Programa de Pós-graduação em Recursos Florestais, Universidade de São Paulo, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Av. Pádua Dias, 11, 13418-900, Piracicaba, SP, BrazilSchool of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, 185 Ag Quad Lane, Blacksburg, VA 24061, United StatesDepartamento de Ciências Biológicas, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Pádua Dias, 11, 13418-900, Piracicaba, SP, BrazilFundação SOS Mata Atlântica, Av. Paulista, 2073 - Horsa 1 - Conj. 1318, 01311-300, São Paulo, SP, BrazilCentro de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Rodovia Anhanguera, km 174, 13600-970, Araras, SP, Brazil; Corresponding author.One goal of ecological restoration is species conservation, so selecting tree species from local floras in restoration plantings is important to restore native species populations and avoid biotic homogenization. We evaluated if species planted to restore the Brazilian Atlantic Forest adequately represent the tree flora from local reference forests, comparing the tree seedlings selected for 1,073 restoration plantings with inventory data from 268 forest remnants, for three different Atlantic Forest types. We compared the floristic composition between plantings and remnants and calculated the Jaccard dissimilarity index to assess beta diversity among plantings, among remnants, and between plantings and remnants. Overall, plantings have lower beta diversity and higher nestedness than remnants. Furthermore, plantings form a single floristic group while remnants are split into three forest types. Plantings are more floristically similar to one another than to regional remnant forest types. Tree species selected for Atlantic Forest restoration poorly represent local floras, which could favor biotic homogenization. Incentivizing greater representation of local floras and threatened and endemic species is needed for forest restoration to facilitate biodiversity recovery at large spatial scales.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2530064424000658Beta diversityBiotic homogenizationDissimilarityEcological restorationReforestationTrees |
| spellingShingle | Crislaine de Almeida J. Leighton Reid Renato A. Ferreira de Lima Luis Fernando Guedes Pinto Ricardo Augusto Gorne Viani High-diversity Atlantic Forest restoration plantings fail to represent local floras Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation Beta diversity Biotic homogenization Dissimilarity Ecological restoration Reforestation Trees |
| title | High-diversity Atlantic Forest restoration plantings fail to represent local floras |
| title_full | High-diversity Atlantic Forest restoration plantings fail to represent local floras |
| title_fullStr | High-diversity Atlantic Forest restoration plantings fail to represent local floras |
| title_full_unstemmed | High-diversity Atlantic Forest restoration plantings fail to represent local floras |
| title_short | High-diversity Atlantic Forest restoration plantings fail to represent local floras |
| title_sort | high diversity atlantic forest restoration plantings fail to represent local floras |
| topic | Beta diversity Biotic homogenization Dissimilarity Ecological restoration Reforestation Trees |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2530064424000658 |
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