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DOI	10.5751/ES-11142-240422
	Beyond the blame game: a restoration pathway reconciles ecologists' and local leaders' divergent models of seasonally dry tropical forest degradation
	Jara-Guerrero, Andrea K.1; Maldonado-Riofrio, Diana 1; Espinosa, Carlos I.1; Duncan, David H.2
通讯作者	Jara-Guerrero, Andrea K.
来源期刊	ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY
ISSN	1708-3087
出版年	2019
卷号	24 期号:4
英文摘要	An understanding of ecosystem dynamics under different scenarios of degradation is required to reverse ecological degradation and identify restoration priorities. Such knowledge can be the result of scientific investigation, but important insight can also reside in observant local land managers. In seasonally dry tropical forests in southern Ecuador, recent decades have seen important advances in the knowledge of the biodiversity values of these forests, but the available data have not yet been integrated and translated into tools that support managers in deciding restoration measures. One powerful framework to organize and communicate information about ecosystem degradation and recovery dynamics is the state-transition model. We generated such a model by combining ecologist and local knowledge obtained through an adaptation of the Stanford/SRI expert elicitation protocol. Through this information, we identified five forest states with specific attributes of vegetation, human pressures, and restoration needs. Ecologists and locals agreed on the restoration actions but partially disagreed on the causes of degradation. Whereas ecologists considered that grazing management, often introduced with or after logging, was the catalyst for a transition to degraded states, locals attributed those transitions to the effects of logging alone. Importantly, however, both ecologists and locals considered that exclusion of livestock grazing was a necessary action to promote ecological recovery. A forward-looking strategy focusing on objectives for ecosystem recovery and ecosystem management for biodiversity and human well-being might be more successful than strategies that emphasize or seek to attribute responsibility for degradation.
英文关键词	conservation status desertification dry forest drylands forest management state-transition model
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	Ecuador ; Australia
开放获取类型	Green Published, gold
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000506574000015
WOS关键词	LAND-USE ; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ; TRANSITION MODELS ; CONCEPTUAL-MODEL ; STATE ; KNOWLEDGE ; MANAGEMENT ; DIVERSITY ; RANGELANDS ; SCIENCE
WOS类目	Ecology ; Environmental Studies
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
EI主题词	2019-12-01
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/311090
作者单位	1.Univ Tecn Particular Loja, Dept Ciencias Biol, Loja, Ecuador; 2.Univ Melbourne, Sch BioSci, Melbourne, Vic 3010, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Jara-Guerrero, Andrea K.,Maldonado-Riofrio, Diana,Espinosa, Carlos I.,et al. Beyond the blame game: a restoration pathway reconciles ecologists' and local leaders' divergent models of seasonally dry tropical forest degradation[J],2019,24(4).
APA	Jara-Guerrero, Andrea K.,Maldonado-Riofrio, Diana,Espinosa, Carlos I.,&Duncan, David H..(2019).Beyond the blame game: a restoration pathway reconciles ecologists' and local leaders' divergent models of seasonally dry tropical forest degradation.ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY,24(4).
MLA	Jara-Guerrero, Andrea K.,et al."Beyond the blame game: a restoration pathway reconciles ecologists' and local leaders' divergent models of seasonally dry tropical forest degradation".ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY 24.4(2019).