RT info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis T1 Main factors influencing ecosystem restoration outcomes: a global qualitative meta-analysis A1 Porras Gómez, Javier K1 Barriers K1 Limitations K1 Boosters K1 Review K1 Success K1 Barreras K1 Limitaciones K1 Potenciadores K1 Revisión K1 Éxito K1 Medio Ambiente K1 Environmental science AB Ecosystem restoration (ER) has been proven useful to help reversing ecosystem degradation caused by human activities and its consequent loss of biodiversity. However, its current efficiency is limited, and it is not meeting the initial expectations. In order to know what is defining this limited performance, the main goal of this study is to know the main elements hampering and improving the outcomes of ER. For this purpose, we performed a global qualitative meta-analysis of 131 reviews on ER in all types of ecosystems. From the reviews, we extracted 579 qualitative variables subsequently categorized into 25 factors to which a weight value was assigned. These factors cover different aspects like policy, economy, society, practice and science. We concluded that the choice of restoration techniques, the performance assessment and evaluation, and the temporal scale of the restoration project were the factors with highest influence on ER results. We also highlighted the need of deeper scientific research on more complex ecological attributes as a crucial element to tackle several factors. With these results, we provide guidelines to improve the performance of current ER from a local (practice) to a global (international strategies) scales. YR 2020 FD 2020-09-29 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/46029 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/46029 LA eng NO 43 p. DS MINDS@UW RD 29-mar-2024