{"id":3359,"date":"2022-01-11T19:39:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T19:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fcat-ecuador.org\/?p=3359"},"modified":"2022-04-01T19:42:19","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T19:42:19","slug":"fcat-initiates-landscape-scale-reforestation-experiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fcat-ecuador.org\/fcat-initiates-landscape-scale-reforestation-experiment\/","title":{"rendered":"FCAT initiates landscape-scale reforestation experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last year, FCAT acquired a 42 ha property with plans to use the land as a hub for forest restoration and research. Working with leading forest restoration scientists Leighton Reid<\/a> (Virginia Tech) and Zak Zahawi<\/a> (University of Hawaii and Charles Darwin Foundation), FCAT is planting 5,000 seedlings of 20 different species using a restoration strategy known as \u2018applied nucleation\u2019. Applied nucleation is a cost- and labor-efficient restoration strategy that involves planting small islands of trees (10 m x 10 m) throughout the restoration landscape. These tree islands then serve as hubs to attract seed dispersing animals, which accelerates natural regeneration throughout the entire restoration landscape. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Working with a large collaborative team across many institutions, FCAT will monitor recovery outcomes for a wide range of taxa and ecological processes over the course of the restoration experiment. If you are interested in collaborating with FCAT on this project, please contact us!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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