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DOI	10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118742
	Can transplanting seedlings with protection against herbivory be a cost-effective restoration strategy for seasonally flooded environments?
	Reis L.K.; Damasceno Junior G.A.; Battaglia L.L.; Garcia L.C.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0378-1127
英文摘要	Transplantation of naturally regenerating seedlings (hereafter wildlings) has great potential as a restoration tool as it involves the use of acclimatized individuals and preservation of local and endemic genotypes. When successfully used, this technique has the added benefits of increasing structural and compositional diversity, preserving local and endemic genotypes, and reducing ecological restoration costs. In wetland ecosystems, flooding is an abiotic filter that may hinder success of restoration efforts. We hypothesized that transplanting “ecologically toughened” wildlings from low-lying, flooded areas into restoration areas of higher relief and lower frequency of flooding, would be a successful strategy. In this study, we transplanted wildlings from periodically flooded areas upslope to test the effect of topographic position (where they were collected and outplanted), and protection against herbivory on seedling survival and growth. The experimental design included two collection times and planting areas (high and low topography), two seedling height, use of protection against mammalian herbivory, and four species that represent different functional types. We also evaluated the costs involved. The best experimental outcome for the four study species (most abundance floodplain species) was found with small seedlings (10–39 cm) collected at low relief and outplanted to higher elevations, with protection against herbivory. Even under unusually extreme flood events (high flooding over 7 months) the tree legume Inga vera has emerged with the highest survival rate. The costs of transplantation are lower (USD 739 ha−1) than those found in previous studies and the use of protection against herbivory was also considerably low (USD 2484 ha−1). That said, these estimated costs are on an experimental scale and do not represent large-scale operations, which could reduce and improve cost-benefits significantly. In remote places such as the Pantanal, the lack of nursery infrastructure, high associated costs of seedling production and vulnerability to herbivory are the main challenges for restoration. Hence, wildling collection can be a useful strategy to overcome such obstacles. © 2020 Elsevier B.V.
英文关键词	Control of herbivores; Ecological restoration; Pantanal Wetlands; T Seedling transfer; Tree shelters
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Cost effectiveness; Ecology; Floods; Mammals; Reforestation; Restoration; Topography; Ecological restoration; Extreme flood events; Lower frequencies; Restoration strategies; Seedling production; Seedling survival; Topographic positions; Wetland ecosystem; Cost reduction
来源期刊	Forest Ecology and Management
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/155628
作者单位	Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Avenida Costa e Silva, s/n°, Bairro Universitário, Campo Grande, MS 79.070-900, Brazil; Laboratório Ecologia da Intervenção (LEI), Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Avenida Costa e Silva, s/n°, Bairro Universitário, Campo Grande, MS 79.070-900, Brazil; Laboratório de Ecologia Vegetal (LABEV), Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Avenida Costa e Silva, s/n°, Bairro Universitário, Campo Grande, MS 79.070-900, Brazil; School of Biological Sciences, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 1125 Lincoln Dr., Life Sciences 2, Rm. 420, Carbondale, IL 62901, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Reis L.K.,Damasceno Junior G.A.,Battaglia L.L.,et al. Can transplanting seedlings with protection against herbivory be a cost-effective restoration strategy for seasonally flooded environments?[J],2020.
APA	Reis L.K.,Damasceno Junior G.A.,Battaglia L.L.,&Garcia L.C..(2020).Can transplanting seedlings with protection against herbivory be a cost-effective restoration strategy for seasonally flooded environments?.Forest Ecology and Management.
MLA	Reis L.K.,et al."Can transplanting seedlings with protection against herbivory be a cost-effective restoration strategy for seasonally flooded environments?".Forest Ecology and Management (2020).