Models are useful tools for understanding and predicting ecological patterns processes. Under ongoing climate biodiversity change, they can greatly facilitate decision-making in conservation restoration help designing adequate management strategies an uncertain future. Here, we review the use of spatially explicit models decision support to identify key gaps current modelling restoration. Of 65...

At the end of 2019, 5th edition Portuguese-Brazilian Conference on Conservation and Restoration took place, was organized by CITAR (Catholic University Portugal) in collaboration with Federal Rio de Janeiro. During 9th 10th December topics were discussed related to recent events, such as tragic fire National Museum Janeiro, which occurred just over a year earlier; challenges posed conservation ...

Bayliss and Isaacson (1975) method of modifying any given difference scheme so as to ensure total conservation of the appropriate physical invariants is shown to be equivalent to the constraint restoration method of Miele et al. (1968, 1969) subject to the requirement of least-square change of the statevector coordinates. Both methods are applied to enforce conservation of total energy and pote...

Interest in ecological restoration has recently intensified as scientists, policymakers, and stakeholders use restoration in management strategies to address and mitigate global climate change and biodiversity loss. Northern ecosystems offer special challenges to restoration managers because of their short growing seasons and long recovery periods. This special feature of Ecology and Society on...

Restoration of altered or degraded habitats is often a key component in the conservation plan of native aquatic species, but introduced species may influence the response of the native community to restoration. Recent habitat restoration of the middle section of the Provo River in central Utah, USA, provided an opportunity to evaluate the effect of habitat restoration on the native fish communi...

The incorporation of conservation physiology into environmental management, particularly ecological restoration, is underutilized, despite the capacity such approaches to discern how populations respond challenges unpredictable and potentially inhospitable environments. We explore several examples where detailed mechanistic understanding physiological constraints keystone foundational species, ...

Eelgrass (Zostera marina) forms the foundation of an important shallow coastal community in protected estuaries and bays. Widespread population declines have stimulated restoration efforts, but these have often overlooked the importance of maintaining the evolutionary potential of restored populations by minimizing the reduction in genetic diversity that typically accompanies restoration. In an...

Widespread evidence of pollinator declines has led to policies supporting habitat restoration including in agricultural landscapes. Yet, little is yet known about the effectiveness of these restoration techniques for promoting stable populations and communities of pollinators, especially in intensively managed agricultural landscapes. Introducing floral resources, such as flowering hedgerows, t...