Identificación de vacíos en investigación asociada a ecología de la restauración en ecosistemas terrestres colombianos

Abstract

A review and bibliographic analysis associated with the ecology of the restoration was carried out to identify research gaps in this scientific discipline at the Colombian level. Research articles, undergraduate and postgraduate theses, which had questions and clear research hypotheses regarding biophysical issues of the ecosystem, were taken into account. The Google Academic and Scopus databases were selected since they group a significant number of international and national works carried out in Colombia, as well as taking into account the repositories of Colombian universities and a civil corporation. In all the databases, various combinations of search criteria related to the ecology of the restoration were used. A reference framework proposed by Miller et al. (2017), which was the basis for the classification of the studies. The useful information was collected and quantified in tables and a database for further analysis. A total of 254 articles were collected, and a total of 264 records of research were obtained, of which 32% made reference to "Establishment of objectives and planning", 13% for "Supplying propagules", 6% for "Optimization" of plant establishment ", 14% for" growth and survival of seedlings in the field "and 35% for" sustainability, resilience and landscape integration ". The analysis showed that some topics presented a balance, but several subtopics did not present any registered study, which refers to the lack of research on various associated issues, as well as the need to investigate certain ecosystems present in diverse regions that require research. that generates a contribution to the practical restoration.