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  • Article
  • Open Access
134 Citations
20,523 Views
29 Pages

Forest Landscape Restoration—What Generates Failure and Success?

  • Markus Höhl,
  • Vianny Ahimbisibwe,
  • John A. Stanturf,
  • Peter Elsasser,
  • Michael Kleine and
  • Andreas Bolte

27 August 2020

Research Highlights: The global Forest Landscape Restoration ambitions could be impaired by projects that ignore key principles such as the engagement of local communities in decision making and implementation, equitable benefit sharing, and monitori...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,948 Views
18 Pages

Plant-Soil Carbon Storage in Dynamic Succession of Ecological Restoration in National Grassland Natural Park

  • Junfang Wang,
  • Guodong Han,
  • Zhaoming Wang,
  • Jinfeng Yun,
  • Zhongwu Wang,
  • Zhiguo Li,
  • Shijie Lv and
  • Jie Qin

10 November 2023

Ecological restoration has a positive impact on global climate change. How plant-soil stores carbon in degraded grassland ecological restoration requires long-term monitoring and support. To reveal the dynamics of plant-soil carbon storage in the suc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,131 Views
19 Pages

New Radiological Corticalization Index as an Indicator of Implant Success Rate Depending on Prosthetic Restoration—5 Years of Follow-Up

  • Tomasz Wach,
  • Jakub Okulski,
  • Rafał Zieliński,
  • Grzegorz Trybek,
  • Adam Michcik and
  • Marcin Kozakiewicz

The new Radiological Corticalization Index (CI) is an indicator that describes bone remodeling near the dental implant’s neck at the pixel level and is not visible to the naked eye. The aim of this research was to evaluate the correlation betwe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,767 Views
22 Pages

Soil Quality Restoration during the Natural Succession of Abandoned Cattle Pastures in Deforested Landscapes in the Colombian Amazon

  • Carlos H. Rodríguez-León,
  • Clara P. Peña-Venegas,
  • Armando Sterling,
  • Daniel Castro,
  • Lizeth K. Mahecha-Virguez,
  • Yeny R. Virguez-Díaz and
  • Adriana M. Silva-Olaya

7 December 2021

Successional processes in abandoned pastures in the Amazon region have been well-documented for the floristic component; however, soil succession has been poorly studied. This study assessed the physical, chemical and biological responses of soils in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
9,538 Views
14 Pages

Riparian Forest Restoration: Conflicting Goals, Trade-Offs, and Measures of Success

  • Heather L. Bateman,
  • David M. Merritt and
  • J. Bradley Johnson

19 September 2012

Restoration projects can have varying goals, depending on the specific focus, rationale, and aims for restoration. When restoration projects use project-specific goals to define activities and gauge success without considering broader ecological cont...

  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
8,762 Views
10 Pages

IPS e.max for All-Ceramic Restorations: Clinical Survival and Success Rates of Full-Coverage Crowns and Fixed Partial Dentures

  • Silvia Brandt,
  • Anna Winter,
  • Hans-Christoph Lauer,
  • Fritz Kollmar,
  • Soo-Jeong Portscher-Kim and
  • Georgios E. Romanos

2 February 2019

The IPS e.max system by Ivoclar Vivadent, offering a variety of products and indications, is widely used for all-ceramic restorations. We analyzed the clinical track record of these products in daily clinical practice, associating their restorative s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,192 Views
13 Pages

Less Is More: Seagrass Restoration Success Using Less Vegetation per Area

  • Carolina V. Mourato,
  • Nuno Padrão,
  • Ester A. Serrão and
  • Diogo Paulo

28 August 2023

Seagrass restoration in open coast environments presents unique challenges. Traditional sod transplant designs, though relatively successful in these environments, are impractical for large-scale restoration due to high biomass requirements. Here, we...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,558 Views
17 Pages

A Resident Fish Guild as a Higher Trophic Level Indicator of Oyster Reef Restoration Success

  • Dakota M. Lewis,
  • Katie E. Durham,
  • Linda J. Walters and
  • Geoffrey S. Cook

24 November 2021

Eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) are critical foundation species in estuarine waters, but due to a combination of natural and anthropogenic pressures, oyster abundance has declined. Restoring oyster reefs and monitoring restoration success oft...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,264 Views
25 Pages

25 July 2024

The effectiveness of restoration programs may differ in terms of environmental and socioeconomic metrics, depending on the strategies employed and ecological settings. Thus, we synthesized different restoration strategies and discussed the environmen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
935 Views
12 Pages

Enhancing Transplanting Success in Restoration of Degraded Areas Using Peat-Free Substrates

  • Silvia Traversari,
  • Sara Di Lonardo,
  • Simone Orsenigo,
  • Daniele Massa,
  • Beatrice Nesi,
  • Lino Zubani and
  • Sonia Cacini

13 May 2025

Native plant species used for ecological restoration in urban and degraded areas are typically cultivated by ornamental and forestry nurseries. In the face of climate change, it is crucial to produce plants that can withstand transplant stress while...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,980 Views
22 Pages

Beta Diversity Is Better—Microhabitat Diversity and Multiplet Diversity Offer Novel Insights into Plant Coexistence in Grassland Restoration

  • Sándor Bartha,
  • Judit Házi,
  • Dragica Purger,
  • Zita Zimmermann,
  • Gábor Szabó,
  • Zsófia Eszter Guller,
  • András István Csathó and
  • Sándor Csete

18 December 2024

Quantifying within-community variability and understanding the related assembly rules are important in developing and assessing grassland restoration. Beta diversity has great potential, revealing mechanisms behind community-level changes in successi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
75 Citations
13,631 Views
16 Pages

Evaluating Stream Restoration Projects: What Do We Learn from Monitoring?

  • Zan Rubin,
  • G. Mathias Kondolf and
  • Blanca Rios-Touma

28 February 2017

Two decades since calls for stream restoration projects to be scientifically assessed, most projects are still unevaluated, and conducted evaluations yield ambiguous results. Even after these decades of investigation, do we know how to define and mea...

  • Article
  • Open Access
49 Citations
11,535 Views
11 Pages

Aim/Purpose: The primary aim of this study was to examine the clinical performance of posterior monolithic single crowns in terms of failure or complications and the secondary aim was to assess the quality of these restorations according to the Unite...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,043 Views
30 Pages

10 March 2025

Wetlands are vital ecosystems that provide diverse ecosystem services. However, their degradation poses an environmental threat globally, impacting human society. Recognizing their economic importance amidst escalating degradation emphasizes the urge...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,322 Views
15 Pages

26 March 2024

The reference forest serves as a model for forest ecosystem restoration and can be employed to assess the vegetation of the Restored Forest, thereby confirming the success of restoration. When evaluating restoration, employing multireference forests...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,684 Views
15 Pages

Factors Influencing the Long-Term Survival and Success of Endodontically Treated and Retreated Teeth: An Ambispective Study at an Educational Hospital

  • Reem Barakat,
  • Rahaf Almohareb,
  • Ghaliah Alsawah,
  • Hadeel Busuhail,
  • Shahad A. Alshihri,
  • Ghadah T. Alrashid,
  • Ghadeer Y. Alotaibi and
  • Mamata Hebbal

4 November 2025

Background: This ambispective study evaluated the prognostic factors for long-term survival and success of endodontically treated teeth (ETT) in patients treated at an educational hospital. Methods: Patients who received root canal treatment (RCT) at...

  • Article
  • Open Access
66 Citations
11,924 Views
19 Pages

Social Factors Key to Landscape-Scale Coastal Restoration: Lessons Learned from Three U.S. Case Studies

  • Bryan M. DeAngelis,
  • Ariana E. Sutton-Grier,
  • Allison Colden,
  • Katie K. Arkema,
  • Christopher J. Baillie,
  • Richard O. Bennett,
  • Jeff Benoit,
  • Seth Blitch,
  • Anthony Chatwin and
  • Jonathan H. Grabowski
  • + 11 authors

23 January 2020

In the United States, extensive investments have been made to restore the ecological function and services of coastal marine habitats. Despite a growing body of science supporting coastal restoration, few studies have addressed the suite of societall...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,352 Views
38 Pages

Dynamics and Management of Restored Forests in Post-Mining Sites with Respect to Their Recreation Value: A Matrix Growth Model

  • Jan Melichar,
  • Emil Cienciala,
  • Jan Albert,
  • Markéta Braun Kohlová,
  • Vojtěch Máca and
  • Petr Pavelčík

19 September 2022

Afforestation has been a popular restoration procedure for spoil heaps in the sites affected by coal open-cast mining in the Czech Republic. Forest replantation is a frequent restoration variant when spoil heaps are recovered, but unreclaimed sites a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
7,170 Views
18 Pages

Soil Properties and Biomass Attributes in a Former Gravel Mine Area after Two Decades of Forest Restoration

  • Frederick Gyasi Damptey,
  • Klaus Birkhofer,
  • Paul Kofi Nsiah and
  • Enrique G. de la Riva

26 June 2020

The ongoing global deforestation resulting from anthropogenic activities such as unsustainable agriculture and surface mining threatens biodiversity and decreases both soil carbon and above-ground biomass stocks. In this study, we assessed soil prope...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
7,678 Views
21 Pages

An Assessment of a Community-Based, Forest Restoration Programme in Durban (eThekwini), South Africa

  • Lutendo F. Mugwedi,
  • Mathieu Rouget,
  • Benis Egoh,
  • Sershen,
  • Syd Ramdhani,
  • Rob Slotow and
  • Jorge L. Rentería

28 July 2017

The restoration of degraded forests to enhance biodiversity, ecosystem services, as well as climate change mitigation and adaptation is now a major priority in cities around the world. This study evaluated the success of the Buffelsdraai Landfill Sit...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
7,902 Views
16 Pages

27 January 2022

Successfully reconstructing functioning forest ecosystems from early-successional tree plantings is a long-term process that often lacks monitoring. Many projects lack observations of critical successional information, such as the restoration traject...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
671 Views
21 Pages

22 July 2025

To clarify the ecological mechanisms underlying the succession of artificial grasslands to native alpine meadows and systematically reveal the patterns of ecological restoration in artificial grasslands in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, this study...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,664 Views
16 Pages

18 December 2024

The use of seeds versus seedlings may yield different restoration trajectories depending on seed germination (=seedling emergence) success in the of restoration plantings versus seedling establishment. Effective restoration and sustainable population...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,067 Views
19 Pages

30 November 2023

To reveal the changes in the life history characteristics of grassland plants due to vegetation restoration, plant species and communities were analyzed for their competitor, stress tolerator, and ruderal (CSR) ecological strategies after the introdu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,307 Views
13 Pages

28 November 2023

Many plant species exhibit strong seed dormancy. This attribute benefits the species’ long-term survival but can impede restoration when rapid establishment is required. Soaking seeds in gibberellic acid (GA3) can overcome dormancy and increase...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,577 Views
16 Pages

Soil and Plant Characteristics in a Restored Area under Mid-Term Site Management

  • Sara Martelletti,
  • Fabio Meloni,
  • Michele Freppaz,
  • Andrea Paone,
  • Michele Lonati,
  • Marco Pittarello,
  • Massimiliano Ferrarato,
  • Renzo Motta and
  • Antonio Nosenzo

29 May 2020

Mid- and long-term monitoring of restoration projects have to be performed, as short-term evaluations do not give comprehensive information about their outcomes. In this study, we assessed the results of a forest restoration project, implemented in f...

  • Review
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,965 Views
14 Pages

19 May 2022

Cropland abandonment has been happening in different parts of the world and is being driven by socio-economic, ecological, edaphic, and environmental factors. Most of the research focusing on drivers of cropland abandonment, succession trajectories,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,425 Views
19 Pages

28 July 2025

Landslides are a common geological hazard in mountainous areas, causing significant damage to ecosystems and production activities. Near-natural ecological restoration is considered an effective strategy for post-landslide recovery. To investigate th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,383 Views
24 Pages

29 March 2025

The construction and operation of dams or weirs has been demonstrated to induce alterations in riparian vegetation, a critical factor in evaluating and sustaining ecosystem health and resilience. A notable instance of this phenomenon is evidenced by...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,940 Views
14 Pages

Assessment of the Ecosystem Service Function of Sandy Lands at Different Times Following Aerial Seeding of an Endemic Species

  • Lei Zhang,
  • Guangyu Hong,
  • Zhuofan Li,
  • Xiaowei Gao,
  • Yongzhi Wu,
  • Xiaojiang Wang,
  • Pingping Wang and
  • Jie Yang

21 March 2018

Desertification is a global and pressing environmental problem in the course of environmental changes, and considerable efforts have been made to restore these degraded ecosystems. Aerial seeding has been widely used to accelerate ecological restorat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,642 Views
17 Pages

Restoring Lakeshore Vegetation in the Face of Hysteresis: A Water-Level and Sediment-Based Strategy for Shallow Lakes

  • Yasufumi Fujimoto,
  • Yusuke Takahashi,
  • Hiroki Hayami,
  • Munehiro Nomura,
  • Jun Yokoyama,
  • Tetsuo Shimada and
  • Osamu Nishimura

12 June 2025

Long-term sedimentation patterns influence the ecological succession of shallow lakes. However, human-induced impacts can disrupt these processes, leading to prolonged hysteresis. Using historical sedimentation data, we simulated the future terrestri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
165 Views
26 Pages

The Biodeterioration Process in Compositionum: Four Ancient Multi-Material Volumes Studied by Multidisciplinary Approach

  • Chiara Gardenghi,
  • Annamaria Alabiso,
  • Marco Maria D’Andrea,
  • Sara Frasca,
  • Valeria Guglielmotti,
  • Claudia Mazzuca,
  • Noemi Orazi,
  • Beatrice Ercolani,
  • Stefano Paoloni and
  • Luciana Migliore
  • + 1 author

21 January 2026

Ancient books and documents constitute an important cultural heritage, which are composed by different supports, such as cardboard, parchment and paper. Due to their composition (animal- and plant-based matrices), they allow bacteria and fungi to thr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,473 Views
17 Pages

Use of Functional Traits to Distinguish Successional Guilds of Tree Species for Restoring Forest Ecosystems

  • Benjapan Manohan,
  • Dia Panitnard Shannon,
  • Pimonrat Tiansawat,
  • Sutthathorn Chairuangsri,
  • Jutatip Jainuan and
  • Stephen Elliott

23 May 2023

Forest ecosystem restoration involves establishing mixes of tree species representing various successional stages of the reference forest. When selecting species, conceptualizing successional status as a gradient of guilds is more appropriate than th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,998 Views
11 Pages

26 September 2020

Conservation translocations, including reintroductions, are practices that are vital to restoring biodiversity and ecosystem function within conservation schemes globally. Sadly, population translocations have had a poor success rate historically. At...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,281 Views
19 Pages

Intraoperative Profiling of the Supracrestal Implant Complex Minimizes Peri-Implant Crestal Bone Remodeling: The Guided Bone Profiling Concept

  • Milan Stoilov,
  • Joerg Winterhoff,
  • Lea Stoilov,
  • Anastasia Timoschenko,
  • Helmut Stark,
  • Florian Heuser,
  • Michael Marder,
  • Dominik Kraus and
  • Norbert Enkling

(1) Background: Early-stage bone resorption following implant placement can significantly impact the long-term success of implants. This study evaluates whether a fully digitally planned implant position based on the E-point concept, along with guide...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,733 Views
19 Pages

15 November 2024

This study assessed vegetation recovery at Jeongseon Alpine Stadium, Mt. Gariwang, 5 years after the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics to aid in restoration planning. A total of 50 quadrats were surveyed across undisturbed areas, forest edges, and dam...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,179 Views
16 Pages

Effects of Rubber Plantation Restoration in National Parks on Plant Diversity and Soil Chemical Properties

  • Chunyan Du,
  • Donghai Li,
  • Weifeng Wang,
  • Xiaobo Yang,
  • Zhixiang Wu,
  • Chuan Yang,
  • Yingying Zhang,
  • Qingmao Fu and
  • Dongling Qi

18 November 2024

Plantations left for natural succession play a significant role in Tropical Rainforest National Parks. Studying the succession and restoration of plantations is crucial for achieving a park’s authenticity and integrity, as well as for maximizin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
149 Citations
11,029 Views
15 Pages

Conventional versus Digital Impressions for Full Arch Screw-Retained Maxillary Rehabilitations: A Randomized Clinical Trial

  • Paolo Cappare,
  • Gianpaolo Sannino,
  • Margherita Minoli,
  • Pietro Montemezzi and
  • Francesco Ferrini

Background: The objective of this study was to compare conventional versus digital impressions for Full-Arch maxillary rehabilitations. Methods: Patients selected for this study were treated with full-arch screw-retained rehabilitations supported by...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,936 Views
13 Pages

Herbivore Influence on Post-Fire California Sage Scrub Plant and Soil Microbial Assemblages

  • Wallace M. Meyer,
  • Caitlin Halligan,
  • Lilleana Thomey,
  • Kyra Madunich-Arévalo,
  • Celia Parry,
  • Riley Scaff,
  • Rowan Macy,
  • Ivy Jones,
  • Erin Halligan and
  • André R. O. Cavalcanti
  • + 4 authors

13 December 2022

California sage scrub (CSS) is an endangered, shrub-dominated, southern California ecosystem type threatened by increasing fire frequencies and conversion to non-native grasslands. As CSS harbors a rich endemic flora and fauna and is critical for mai...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,336 Views
14 Pages

Herbivory by Geese Inhibits Tidal Freshwater Wetland Restoration Success

  • Justus Jobe,
  • Cairn Krafft,
  • Mikaila Milton and
  • Keryn Gedan

7 April 2022

Experimental results from a multi-year exclosure study (2009–2015) demonstrate strong effects of geese on plant cover and species diversity in an urban, restored tidal freshwater wetland. Access by geese inhibited plant establishment and suppre...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,179 Views
14 Pages

Natural Vegetation Recovery on Excavated Archaeological Sites: A Case Study of Ancient Burial Mounds in Bulgaria

  • Iva Apostolova,
  • Magdalena Valcheva,
  • Desislava Sopotlieva,
  • Nikolay Velev,
  • Anna Ganeva and
  • Georgi Nekhrizov

15 June 2022

As a distinctive component of the cultural landscape in Eurasia, burial mounds are well known for their historical value. Recently their role as biodiversity hotspots, especially in the homogenous agricultural landscape, has become particularly impor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,054 Views
25 Pages

Scaling Plant Functional Strategies from Species to Communities in Regenerating Amazonian Forests: Insights for Restoration in Deforested Landscapes

  • Carlos H. Rodríguez-León,
  • Armando Sterling,
  • Dorman D. Daza-Giraldo,
  • Yerson D. Suárez-Córdoba and
  • Lilia L. Roa-Fuentes

14 August 2025

Understanding how main plant functional strategies scale from species to communities is critical for guiding restoration in tropical disturbed areas by unsustainable livestock grazing; yet, the patterns and drivers of functional trait space along suc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,480 Views
20 Pages

12 October 2018

In the central and eastern United States, many forest ecosystems have undergone recent shifts in composition and structure that may conflict with contemporary management objectives. Long-term forest inventory data were used to determine patterns of f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,879 Views
21 Pages

19 May 2020

During the period of Japanese occupation (1910–1945) and the Korean War (1950–1953), extensive areas of forest were severely degraded by over-harvesting and fire in Korea. In addition, intensive use of the forest-resources to obtain fuel,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,222 Views
15 Pages

Succession of Microbial Communities in Waste Soils of an Iron Mine in Eastern China

  • Qin Zhang,
  • Pengfei Wei,
  • Joseph Frazer Banda,
  • Linqiang Ma,
  • Weiao Mao,
  • Hongyi Li,
  • Chunbo Hao and
  • Hailiang Dong

The reclamation of mine dump is largely centered on the role played by microorganisms. However, the succession of microbial community structure and function in ecological restoration of the mine soils is still poorly understood. In this study, soil s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
8,311 Views
19 Pages

Remote Sensing Measures Restoration Successes, but Canopy Heights Lag in Restoring Floodplain Vegetation

  • Samantha K. Dawson,
  • Adrian Fisher,
  • Richard Lucas,
  • David K. Hutchinson,
  • Peter Berney,
  • David Keith,
  • Jane A. Catford and
  • Richard T. Kingsford

24 June 2016

Wetlands worldwide are becoming increasingly degraded, and this has motivated many attempts to manage and restore wetland ecosystems. Restoration actions require a large resource investment, so it is critical to measure the outcomes of these manageme...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,913 Views
16 Pages

15 October 2024

Background/Objectives: Restorative responses to staff involved in incidents are becoming recognized as a rigorous and constructive alternative to retributive forms of ‘just culture’. However, actually achieving restoration in mostly retri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,410 Views
14 Pages

Soil, Plant, and Microorganism Interactions Drive Secondary Succession in Alpine Grassland Restoration

  • Chenglong Han,
  • Defei Liang,
  • Weidi Zhou,
  • Qiuyun Xu,
  • Mingxue Xiang,
  • Yanjie Gu and
  • Kadambot H. M. Siddique

9 March 2024

Plant secondary succession has been explored extensively in restoring degraded grasslands in semiarid or dry environments. However, the dynamics of soil microbial communities and their interactions with plant succession following restoration efforts...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,486 Views
17 Pages

25 June 2019

The total global forest area is decreasing significantly, yet stories of successful large-scale forest restoration are still scarce. In the 1980s, when properly designed concepts and methodologies were absent, state-led, large-scale restoration proje...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,342 Views
21 Pages

Active Restoration Initiates High Quality Forest Succession in a Deforested Landscape in Amazonia

  • Daniel Luis Mascia Vieira,
  • Silvia Barbosa Rodrigues,
  • Catarina Conte Jakovac,
  • Gustavo Paiva Evangelista da Rocha,
  • Fagno Reis and
  • Augusto Borges

31 July 2021

Amazonia is well known for its high natural regeneration capacity; for this reason, passive restoration is normally recommended for the recovery of its degraded forests. However, highly deforested landscapes in southern Amazonia require active restor...

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