Restoration Management Goals
It is often not possible or practical to return many disturbed sites to their original biotic and abiotic features; restoration goals, instead, tend to focus on the maintenance of ecosystem processes and the provision of ecosystem services [1]. Knowing your restoration goals will help you develop an effective restoration design and make species choice much easier.
Goals
References
[1] Seastedt TR, Hobbs RJ, Suding KN. Management of novel ecosystems: are novel approaches required? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 2008;6(10):547–553. doi:10.1890/070046