Should restoration damage rare biotopes?

摘要

With accelerating global biodiversity loss, restoring natural habitats at heavily human-affected locations increases in importance. This is accompanied with a rising interest in studies evaluating the efficiency of various restoration methods. If restoration efforts are to contribute to biodiversity conservation however, ecologists and practitioners must carefully select restoration goals. It is beyond dispute that restored habitats should supplement habitats that are rare and disappearing from target regions, and have the potential to host endangered species, rather than adding acreage of habitats that are already common, and thus wasting precious conservation funds.