Restoration of Ecosystems – Bridging Nature and Humans
A Transdisciplinary Approach
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Open AccessCorrection to: Rapid vegetation responses over the last seven decades revealed by an alpine ice core and land-cover patterns
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Open AccessDiversification of coniferous monocultures in the last 30 years and implications for forest restoration: a case study from temperate lower montane forests in Central Europe
Planted monocultures of even-aged coniferous tree species are abundant worldwide but increasingly damaged by biotic and abiotic stressors and disturbances. In Central Europe, a fundamental goal of ecologically...
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Open AccessRapid vegetation responses over the last seven decades revealed by an alpine ice core and land-cover patterns
Syntheses of vegetation responses over the last century are rare for the Alps, and limited in chronological and taxonomical resolution. We propose that pollen records from glaciers can be used to fill this gap.
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Reasons and Motivations for Ecosystem Restoration
The reasons and motivations for ecosystem restoration are differentiated into four categories, i.e., (1) environmental science, ecological, and nature conservation facts, (2) economic cost-benefit calculations...
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Conclusions and Outlook
In a concluding synthesis, the limiting factors of ecosystem restoration from an ecological, economic, and social perspective, the duration of a restoration, the still high nutrient input into the ecosystems o...
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Traditional Agroforestry Systems
Traditional agroforestry systems were once widespread in Central Europe and today mostly represent historical cultural landscape elements. These include, for example, traditional orchards (Streuobstwiesen), tree ...
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Which Ecosystem Should Be Restored? Reference Systems for Restoration
For the identification of the restoration potential, the selection of suitable restoration or management measures, the coordination and, if necessary, the resolution of conflicts of land use with the stakehold...
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Natural and Anthropogenic Lakes
Central Europe is naturally very rich in lakes in many regions, partly as a result of glacial landscape history. In addition, there are a large number of artificial lakes. One of the main environmental pressur...
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Re-introduction of Plant and Animal Species
The re-introduction of animal and plant species is intended, on the one hand, to support a population threatened with extinction in a certain area or on a restoration site (reinforcement), or to bring back a plan...
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Marine Habitats in the North Sea and Baltic Sea
The current debate on the global problem of plastic and microplastic inputs into marine ecosystems shows that there is an urgent need to improve the ecological status of marine ecosystems. The EU Marine Strate...
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Monitoring and Success Control
In order to determine, after applying measures of ecosystem restoration, whether the set goals have been achieved, a success control is necessary. This can be carried out once after a certain period of time or...
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Mesophilic, Wet, and Calcareous Grassland
Grassland is one of the most important elements of the cultural landscapes in Central Europe. Especially extensively managed, moderately or non-fertilized grassland on dry, calcareous, acidic, or wet sites har...
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Peatland
The high significance of peatlands for species, habitat, landscape and climate protection is widely recognised throughout Europe today. In addition to a brief sketch on the history of peatland use, the vegetat...
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Species-Rich Arable Land
Before the introduction of mineral fertilizers and the widespread use of synthetic pesticides, arable land of Central Europe was home to a large variety of plant and animal species that colonized the different...
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Urban Ecosystems
With the increasing proportion of the world’s population living in cities, urban ecosystems are of great importance as living spaces for humans. The ecological characteristics and services of urban ecosystems,...
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Restoration Economy: Costs and Benefits
Cost-benefit calculations play a role not only for land use and generally for nature conservation and environmental protection at the business and macro-economic level, but are also becoming increasingly impor...
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Introduction to Restoration Ecology
Restoration ecology is an interdisciplinary field of research that builds on the concepts and foundations of ecology and makes use of other disciplines of the natural and social sciences in both theory and pra...
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Rivers and Floodplains
Most rivers and their floodplains in Central Europe have lost their natural dynamics and the typical habitats due to anthropogenic interventions and land use, respectively. Nevertheless, attempts have been mad...
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Measures in the Practice of Ecosystem Restoration
The measures applied for the restoration of ecosystem range from the well-known measures applied in nature conservation management, agriculture, and forestry or established in the context of ecological enginee...
