The potential to restore native woody plant richness and composition in a reforesting landscape: a modeling approach in the Ecuadorian Andes.

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dc.careerCiencias Biológicasen_US
dc.category.authorauxiliaryen_US
dc.contributor.authorPérez Castañeda, Alvaro Javier
dc.contributor.correspondingMiddendorp, Romaikeen_US
dc.countryEcuadoren_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-04T21:41:11Z
dc.date.available2023-11-04T21:41:11Z
dc.date.issued01/2/2016
dc.dedication.authorTCen_US
dc.description.abstractContext: Natural regenerating forests are rapidly expanding in the tropics. Forest transitions have the potential to restore biodiversity. Spatial targeting of land use policies could improve the biodiversity benefits of reforesting landscapes. Objective: We explored the relative importance of landscape attributes in influencing the potential of tree cover increase to restore native woody plant biodiversity at the landscape scale. Methods: We developed land use scenarios that differed in spatial patterns of reforestation, using the Pangor watershed in the Ecuadorian Andes as a case study. We distinguished between reforestation through natural regeneration of woody vegetation in abandoned fallows and planted forests through managed plantations of exotic species on previously cultivated land. We simulated the restoration of woody plant biodiversity for each scenario using LANDIS-II, a process-based model of forest dynamics. A pair-case comparison of simulated woody plant biodiversity for each scenario was conducted against a random scenario. Results: Species richness in natural regenerating fallows was considerably higher when occurring in: (i) close proximity to remnant forests; (ii) areas with a high percentage of surrounding forest cover; and (iii) compositional heterogeneous landscapes. Reforestation at intermediate altitudes also positively affected restoration of woody plant species. Planted exotic pine forests negatively affected species restoration. Conclusions: Our research contributes to a better understanding of the recolonization processes of regenerating forests. We provide guidelines for reforestation policies that aim to conserve and restore woody plant biodiversity by accounting for landscape attributes.en_US
dc.facultyCiencias Exactas y Naturalesen_US
dc.id.author1709639627en_US
dc.id.type1en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10980-016-0340-7en_US
dc.identifier.issn15729761 - 09212973
dc.identifier.urihttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10980-016-0340-7en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.puce.edu.ec/handle/123456789/5867
dc.indexed.databaseScimago Journal Ranken_US
dc.list.authorsRomaike, M., Pérez, A., Molina, A., Lambin, E.en_US
dc.magazine.pageRange1581–1599en_US
dc.magazine.titleLandscape Ecologyen_US
dc.magazine.volumeChapter31 (7)en_US
dc.rightsClosedAccessen_US
dc.statepublisheden_US
dc.subjectBiodiversity restorationen_US
dc.subjectLandscape planningen_US
dc.subjectLANDIS-IIen_US
dc.subjectPlanted foresten_US
dc.subjectReforestationen_US
dc.titleThe potential to restore native woody plant richness and composition in a reforesting landscape: a modeling approach in the Ecuadorian Andes.en_US
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