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Publications

The Natural History of Ecological Restoration: A short format journal and joint project of the Missouri Botanical Garden, the Ecological Health Network, and the Restoration Ecology Lab at Virginia Tech

Selected publications by EHN leadership, members, and allies

• Aronson, J., Mola, I., Pérez D.R. 2026. Depoblamiento rural, una oportunidad para  el Rewilding o un desafío  para la Restauración Ecológica?(Rural exodus: an opportunity for Rewilding or a challenge for Ecological Restoration?). Ecosistemas https://doi.org/10.7818/ECOS.3050
• Avisar, A., Aronson, J., & Dayan, T. (2026). Restoration tools and strategies for afforested Mediterranean coastal grasslands: Is eucalypt removal alone enough to kickstart ecosystem recovery? Restoration Ecology, 34: e70340. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.70340
• Siqueira, L., C. Salk, L.C. Garcia, A. Guerra, P. Meli, A. Mendes, J. Roma, A. Rovedder, F. Balderi, J. Aronson & P. Brancalion. (2026). Gender disparity and biases in ecological restoration in Brazil. Restoration Ecology, e70482. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.70482
• Coraldesi, C., K. Anantharaman, J. Aronson, B.J. Baker, et al. (2026). Grounding microbial conservation in ecological principles. Nature Microbiology. In press.
• Danovaro, R., J. Aronson, S. Bianchelli, C. Boström, E. Cebrian, et al. (2025). Assessing the success of marine ecosystem restoration using meta-analysis. Nature Communications, 16, 3062.
• Zorbalas, F. N., Alvarez, A., Pérez, D. R., Rodriguez Araujo, M. E., Valfré Giorello, T. A., & Lagos, L. J. (2025). Root nodulation and growth in nursery garden of Neltuma flexuosa var. depressa (Fabaceae), a framework species for Monte Desert ecological restoration. Journal of Arid Environments.
• Aronson, J. 2025. La Restauracion holistica: Portal hacia una cultura de Restauración Ecológica. In : Pérez, D., González, F., Rodriguez Araujo, M.E. et al. Editors. Abordajes y debates para la restauración ecológica de la Argentina. Red de Restauración Ecológica de Argentina.  Neuquén. PDF.  ISBN: 978-631-00-6989-0. Pp. 25-31.
• Cross, A. T. 2025.  Aportes a la Restauración de zonas áridas Latinoamericanas : La  Experiencia de Restauración en áreas de Minería en Australia. In : Pérez, D., González, F., Rodriguez Araujo, M.E. et al. Editors. Abordajes y debates para la restauración ecológica de la Argentina. Red de Restauración Ecológica de Argentina. Neuquén. PDF. ISBN: 978-631-00-6989-0. Pp. 293-300.
• Pérez, D., González, F., Rodriguez Araujo, M.E. et al. Editors. Abordajes y debates para la restauración ecológica de la Argentina. Red de Restauración Ecológica de Argentina. Neuquén. PDF. 309 pages. PDF. ISBN: 978-631-00-6989-0.
• Interview with James Aronson, Bulletin of the Ecological Restoration Network of Argentina (BREA) 42(8) October, 2024. pp 42-45 (in Spanish).
• Allen, E. B., Cross, A. T., Berger, A. M., & Aronson, J. (2024). Restoration seed and plant material supply chains are complex social networks. Restoration Ecology, 32(8), e14279.
• Dictionary Definitions (ecological restoration, ecohealth, human health, microbiome, natural capital, and one health) in: Haddad, B.M. & Solomon, B.D. eds., Dictionary of Ecological Economics: Terms for the New Millennium. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023 (citations for each word are at the end of the document)
• Cross, A. T., & Aronson, J. (2023). Editorial: Plant-soil-microbe interactions and drivers in ecosystem development and ecological restoration. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1216016
• Stanhope, J., & Weinstein, P. (2023). Exposure to environmental microbiota may modulate gut microbial ecology and the immune system. Mucosal Immunology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mucimm.2023.03.001
• Sekera, J., Cagalanan, D., Swan, A., Birdsey, R., Goodwin, N., & Lichtenberger, A. (2023). Carbon dioxide removal–what’s worth doing? A biophysical and public need perspective. PLOS Climate, 2(2). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000124
• Araujo, M. E., & Pérez, D. R. (2023). From seed germination to established seedlings: A comparative evaluation in five shrub species and implications for seed based restoration in arid lands. Restoration Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13862. Daniel Pérez is working with an EHN site in Caviahue, Argentina (Northwest Patagonia), in the Araucaria araucana xeric forest.
• Robinson, J. M.,; Aronson, J.; Daniels, C. B.; Goodwin, N.; Liddicoat, C.; Orlando, L.; Phillips, D.; Stanhope, J.; Weinstein, P.; Cross, A. T.; Breed, M. F. Ecosystem Restoration Is Integral to Humanity's Recovery from Covid-19. The Lancet Planetary Health 2022, 6 (9).
• Orlando LF, DePinto AJ, Wallace KJ. Ecohealth Villages: A Framework for an Ecosystem Approach to Health in Human Settlements. Sustainability. 2022; 14(12):7053.
• Albrecht, M.A., Dell, N.D., Engelhardt, M.J., Reid, J.L., Saxton, M.L., Trager, J.C., Waldman, C. and Long, Q.G. (2022), Recovery of herb-layer vegetation and soil properties after pile burning in a Midwestern oak woodland. Restor Ecol, 30: e13547. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13547
• James Aronson, Neva Goodwin, Adam Cross, and Laura Orlando, "Focus on Ecosystem Health," contribution to GTI Forum "Conservation at the Crossroads," Great Transition Initiative (May 2022)
• Bradley, H. S., M. D. Craig, A. T. Cross, S. Tomlinson, M. J. Bamford, and P. W. Bateman.. "Revealing microhabitat requirements of an endangered specialist lizard with LiDAR." Scientific Reports 12 (1). Inpress.
• Krueger, T., A. T. Cross, J. Hübner, J. Morinière, A. Hausmann, and A. Fleischmann.. "A novel approach for reliable qualitative and quantitative prey spectra identification of carnivorous plants combining DNA metabarcoding and macro photography." Scientific Reports 12 (1). Inpress.