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3292562 
Journal Article 
Ecological restoration and global climate change 
Harris, JA; Hobbs, RJ; Higgs, E; Aronson, J 
2006 
1 
Restoration Ecology
ISSN: 1061-2971
EISSN: 1526-100X 
WILEY 
HOBOKEN 
14 
2 
170-176 
WOS:000237947200001 
There is an increasing consensus that global climate change occurs and that potential changes in climate are likely to have important regional consequences for biota and ecosystems. Ecological restoration, including (re)afforestation and rehabilitation of degraded land, is included in the array of potential human responses to climate change. However, the implications of climate change for the broader practice of ecological restoration must be considered. In particular, the usefulness of historical eco-system conditions as targets and references must be set against the likelihood that restoring these historic ecosystems is unlikely to be easy, or even possible, in the changed biophysical conditions of the future. We suggest that more consideration and debate needs to be directed at the implications of climate change for restoration practice. 
climate change; ecosystem change; ecosystem function; historical ecosystem; restoration goals