Bet-Hedging Desert Restoration Practices during Drought: Research Brief

This brief compares the restoration treatments of outplanting and two abiotic treatments on disturbed sites in the Sonoran Desert of southeastern California. Overall results suggest that multiple treatment types, including abiotic treatments, can be implemented as a bet-hedging approach to achieve restoration benefits even if some treatments may fail.

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Rader, A.J., L.P. Chiquoine, J.F. Weigand, J.L. Perkins, S.M. Munson, and S.R. Abella (in press). Biotic and abiotic treatments as a bet-hedging approach to restoring plant communities and ecological functions. Restoration Ecology. doi: 10.1111/rec.13527