McDonald, Tein, Chazdon, Robin, Prach, Karel, Tucker, Nigel, Venkataraman, Ramesh, Graham, Laura, Rinaudo, Tony, Shono, Kenichi, Polster, David, and Cook, Damien (2023) Using Degree of Natural Regeneration Potential to Guide Selection of Plant Community Restoration Approaches at a Restoration Site. In: Florentine, Singarayer, Broadhurst, Linda, Gibson-Roy, Paul, and Dixon, Kingsley, (eds.) Ecological Restoration: Moving Forward Using Lessons Learned. Springer Cham, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 241-285.

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This chapter draws on global case study literature and eight case studies (from seven continents) to argue the benefits of adopting a resilience-based approach to plant community restoration site assessment and treatment prescription. We propose that identifying a range of restoration ‘approaches’ to returning plant species to a site (involving levels of natural regeneration and/or levels of reintroduction) can help practitioners better match their interventions to the site’s degree of degradation. The chapter’s literature review and case studies show that (i) high biodiversity outcomes can be achieved, often at lower cost, in cases where natural regeneration potential persists and is harnessed and that (ii) resilience assessment will help refine understanding about what species are missing and guide effective and efficient strategies for reintroduction on sites where resilience is fully or partially depleted.

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