When is Open-endedness Desirable in Restoration Projects?

摘要: A low-intervention approach to restoration that also allows outcomes be framed as trajectories of ecosystem change can described ‘open-ended’ restoration. It is an recognizes long-term behavior involves continual at small and large spatial temporal scales. There are a number situations in which it appropriate adopt open-ended including: remote areas; where ecological limiting factors will changed by future climates; antecedent conditions cannot replicated; there novel starting points for restoration; relies strongly on processes outside the area; inherently dynamic systems; costs high public demands ‘wildness’. Where this adopted managers need explain project deal with expectations risk. Monitoring biotic abiotic components very important does not equate ‘abandon ignore it’.