The science and practice of ecological restoration: a mental models analysis of restoration practitioners
The science and practice of ecological restoration: a mental models analysis of restoration practitioners
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生态修复的科学与实践：修复从业者的心理模型分析
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2020
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R. Wilson
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Emily H. Walpole;E. Toman;M. Stidham;R. Wilson
生态恢复旨在改变目前的条件，使其更接近于某一特定景观中被认为更理想的条件。虽然大量的资源已致力于推进生态恢复的努力，有限的研究已经调查了生态恢复是如何概念化的恢复从业者。这些概念化很重要，因为它们可能为目标设定和选定的管理方法提供信息，而不同的概念化可能会导致阻碍恢复工作的冲突。本文报告了在美国农业部林务局合作森林景观恢复计划（CFLRP）网站完成的心理模型分析的结果。我们发现，决策者在几个学科团体和组织表达了深度的知识与恢复相关的生态学原理与我们审查的生态文献的身体一致。然而，尽管与会者普遍承认存在社会和经济制约因素，但他们的答复表明，对恢复工作如何纳入和实现社会和经济目标的考虑有限。对监测和适应性管理等较长期和较难量化的管理专题的重视程度也较低。文献和历史都表明，这些组成部分对于生态恢复工作的长期成功至关重要，因此它们对参与者缺乏显著性，这表明这些是潜在的改进领域。我们的管理和政策建议包括采取措施，更有效地将社会科学投入纳入恢复规划，这可能是通过结合决策辅助工具，如结构化决策，以指导恢复规划工作的支持。
Ecological restoration seeks to modify current conditions to more closely approximate conditions deemed to be more desirable within a given landscape. While substantial resources have been dedicated to advance ecological restoration efforts, limited research has investigated how ecological restoration is conceptualized by restoration practitioners. These conceptualizations are important because they likely inform goal-setting and selected management approaches, while different conceptualizations may contribute to conflicts that inhibit restoration efforts. This paper reports results from a mental model analysis completed at three USDA Forest Service Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) sites. We found that decision-makers across several disciplinary groups and organizations expressed a depth of knowledge of ecological principles related to restoration consistent with the body of ecological literature we reviewed. However, despite broad recognition of social and economic constraints, participant responses suggested limited consideration of how restoration may incorporate and achieve social and economic goals. There was also less emphasis placed on longer-term and more difficult to quantify management topics, such as monitoring and adaptive management. Literature and history both suggest that these components are critical for the long-term success of ecological restoration efforts, and so their lack of salience to participants point to these as potential areas of improvement. Our management and policy recommendations include taking steps to more effectively integrate social scientific input in restoration planning, which may be supported by incorporating decision-aiding tools such as Structured Decision Making to guide restoration-planning efforts.