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The 120 pages that link to Ecological restoration, each with the reason it gives.

• Habitat fragmentationCompared with: Restoration may improve patch quality without reversing the landscape's fragmentation.

• Seed dispersalRelated: Restoration projects often introduce seeds or restore processes that spread them.

• Trophic cascadeNarrower topic: Cascade predictions help identify which species or interactions restoration should target.

• Conservation biologyRelated: Restoration repairs ecological functions and habitats that conservation seeks to sustain.

• Biological pest controlRelated: Restoration may rebuild native enemy communities, while pest control focuses on suppressing target pests.

• Captive breedingCompared with: Releasing captive-bred animals cannot succeed without suitable habitat.

• MycorrhizaRelated: Restoration projects may use native mycorrhizal fungi to support plant establishment in depleted soils.

• Food webRelated: Restoration often aims to rebuild missing species interactions as well as populations.

• Biodiversity lossRelated: Restoration can rebuild habitat and ecological functions after degradation.

• Ecological successionRelated: Restoration projects often guide or accelerate successional change.

• Urban ecologyRelated: Restoration can improve the condition of urban streams, wetlands, and other disturbed sites.

• Wildlife managementRelated: Restoring ecological processes can change what wildlife goals and interventions are appropriate.

• Bird conservationRelated: Restoring suitable habitat can reverse a major cause of bird decline.

• Biodiversity conservationRelated: Restoration repairs damaged habitats when protection alone cannot recover ecological function.

• Forest restorationNarrower topic: Forest restoration is the ecosystem-specific form of this broader practice.

• Freshwater ecosystemRelated: Restoration projects often rebuild freshwater habitat and recover native communities.

• Landscape architectureRelated: Restoration methods help landscapes support native species and recover ecological functions.

• Seed bankRelated: Locally appropriate stored seeds can help re-establish native plant communities.

• Wetland conservationNarrower topic: Wetland conservation includes restoration, but also protects functioning ecosystems from degradation.

• RewildingNarrower topic: Rewilding is one approach within the broader practice of restoring ecosystems.

• Ecological resilienceRelated: Restoration can rebuild conditions and feedbacks that support resilience.

• FrugivoryRelated: Restoration can use frugivores and their seed-transport behavior to support natural regeneration.

• ReforestationNarrower topic: Reforestation focuses on forest re-establishment, while ecological restoration can target broader ecosystem recovery.

• Environmental remediationCompared with: Restoration rebuilds ecological structure and function, while remediation focuses on contaminant risk.

• Nature-based solutionsRelated: Restoration is one route for rebuilding the functions these solutions depend on.

• EcosystemRelated: Restoration applies ecological knowledge to recover ecosystem structure and function.

• Extinction debtRelated: Restoration may reduce future losses if it occurs before remnant populations disappear.

• Ecosystem engineeringRelated: Restoration projects sometimes reintroduce or encourage organisms whose engineering rebuilds habitat.

• FrugivoreRelated: Restoration can depend on frugivores bringing seeds into recovering sites.

• Managed retreatRelated: Vacated land may be restored to wetlands, dunes, or other habitats that also reduce hazard exposure.

• Wetland restorationNarrower topic: Wetland restoration is one application of this broader recovery practice.

• Desert ecologyNarrower topic: Restoring desert systems requires matching interventions to scarce water and slow biological recovery.

• Ex situ conservationCompared with: Restored habitat is often needed before conserved organisms can survive after release.

• Fish stockingRelated: Stocking is sometimes used as one intervention in restoring depleted fish populations.

• Atlantic ForestNarrower topic: Atlantic Forest projects apply restoration methods to recover native communities and functions.

• ReintroductionNarrower topic: Reintroduction is one possible intervention within broader restoration efforts.

• Loess PlateauNarrower topic: Restoration programs seek to rebuild vegetation and soil function across damaged landscapes.

• Pollinator declineRelated: Restoring diverse habitats can rebuild nesting sites and season-long floral resources.

• Assisted migrationRelated: Assisted migration can be incorporated into restoration when local species are unlikely to persist.

• Biodiversity monitoringRelated: Monitoring tracks whether restoration produces lasting biological recovery.

• HabitatRelated: Restoration can recover habitat structure and ecological functions.

• Mine reclamationNarrower topic: Some reclamation projects aim beyond safety and stability toward ecosystem recovery.

• Restoration ecologyNarrower topic: Restoration ecology provides the science that guides this broader practice.

• Clonal colonyRelated: Clonal plants can stabilize soils and rapidly establish vegetation in restoration projects.

• De-extinctionRelated: A proxy cannot restore ecological functions if the habitat and its conditions have disappeared.

• Aquatic ecosystemRelated: Restoration can rebuild habitat structure and ecological processes in damaged waters.

• Mangrove restorationNarrower topic: Mangrove restoration is a habitat-specific form of this broader practice.

• Land reclamationNarrower topic: Land reclamation often uses restoration goals, though industrial sites may require different endpoints.

• Plant successionRelated: Restoration projects use successional processes to guide or accelerate vegetation recovery.

• Wind dispersalRelated: Restoration plans account for whether desired plants can arrive naturally by wind.