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Complexity could be the key to ecosystem restoration

#198 | Source: Forest Research | Published on May 20th, 2026

New research suggests that restoring ecological complexity, rather than trying to replicate historical conditions, may be a more effective way of building resilient ecosystems in a changing world.

The study by Forest Research, the University of Stirling, the University of Glasgow, the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and Cranfield University, was published in the Journal of Applied Ecology. 

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