Bionovelty and ecological restoration

• DOI: 10.1111/rec.14152
• Publication Date: 2024-04-16T01:32:50Z
• Authors: John P. Volpe; Eric S. Higgs; Jonathan M. Jeschke; Katie Barnhill; Conrad Brunk; Joan Dudney; Laura L. Govers; Richard J. Hobbs; Karen Keenleyside; Stephen D. Murphy; Philip J. Seddon; Jayce Sudweeks; Orkan Telhan; Sonia Voicescu
• Keywords: Restoration Ecology; Novel ecosystem; environmental restoration

Anthropogenic activity has irreparably altered the ecological fabric of Earth. The emergence novelty from diverse drivers change is an increasingly challenging dimension ecosystem restoration. At same time, restorationist's tool kit continues to grow, including a variety powerful and prevalent technologies. Thus, restoration finds itself at center intersecting challenges. How should we respond common environmental system states with little or no historical precedent, whilst considering appropriate deployment potentially consequential largely untested interventions that may give rise organisms, states, and/or processes are likewise without precedent? We use term bionovelty encapsulate these themes examine implications for