Mimicry of emergent traits amplifies coastal restoration success

Coastal restoration tends to be failure-prone and expensive. Temmink and colleagues improve seagrass and cordgrass transplant survival in field experiments using biodegradable structures which temporarily mimic self-facilitation occurring in mature vegetation stands, and combine onsite and laborator...

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Main Authors: Ralph J. M. Temmink, Marjolijn J. A. Christianen, Gregory S. Fivash, Christine Angelini, Christoffer Boström, Karin Didderen, Sabine M. Engel, Nicole Esteban, Jeffrey L. Gaeckle, Karine Gagnon, Laura L. Govers, Eduardo Infantes, Marieke M. van Katwijk, Silvija Kipson, Leon P. M. Lamers, Wouter Lengkeek, Brian R. Silliman, Brigitta I. van Tussenbroek, Richard K. F. Unsworth, Siti Maryam Yaakub, Tjeerd J. Bouma, Tjisse van der Heide
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17438-4