Restoration Publications
Abelson, A., Reed, D. C., Edgar, G. J., Smith, C. S., Kendrick, G. A., Orth, R. J., Airoldi, L., Silliman, B., Beck, M. W., Krause, G., Shashar, N., Stambler, N., & Nelson, P. (2020). Challenges for Restoration of Coastal Marine Ecosystems in the Anthropocene. In Frontiers in Marine Science (Vol. 7). Frontiers Media S.A. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.544105
Angelini, C., van der Heide, T., Griffin, J. N., Morton, J. P., Derksen-Hooijberg, M., Lamers, L. P. M., Smolders, A. J. P., & Silliman, B. R. (2015). Foundation species’ overlap enhances biodiversity and multifunctionality from the patch to landscape scale in southeastern United States salt marshes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282, 20150421. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.0421
Cheong, S. M., Silliman, B., Wong, P. P., van Wesenbeeck, B., Kim, C. K., & Guannel, G. (2013). Coastal adaptation with ecological engineering. Nature Climate Change, 3, 787–791. https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1854
Derksen-Hooijberg, M., Angelini, C., Lamers, L. P. M., Borst, A., Smolders, A., Hoogveld, J. R. H., de Paoli, H., van de Koppel, J., Silliman, B. R., & van der Heide, T. (2018). Mutualistic interactions amplify saltmarsh restoration success. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55, 405–414. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12960
Eger, A. M., Marzinelli, E., Gribben, P., Johnson, C. R., Layton, C., Steinberg, P. D., Wood, G., Silliman, B. R., & Vergés, A. (2020). Playing to the Positives: Using Synergies to Enhance Kelp Forest Restoration. In Frontiers in Marine Science (Vol. 7). Frontiers Media S.A. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00544
Gräfnings, M. L. E., Govers, L. L., Heusinkveld, J. H. T., Silliman, B. R., Smeele, Q., Valdez, S. R., & van der Heide, T. (2023). Macrozoobenthos as an indicator of habitat suitability for intertidal seagrass. Ecological Indicators, 147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.109948
Halpern, B. S., Silliman, B. R., Olden, J. D., Bruno, J. P., & Bertness, M. D. (2007). Incorporating positive interactions in aquatic restoration and conservation. In Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (Vol. 5, pp. 153–160). https://doi.org/10.1890/1540-9295(2007)5[153:IPIIAR]2.0.CO;2
Hammann, L., Silliman, B., & Blasius, B. (2021). Optimal Planting Distance in a Simple Model of Habitat Restoration With an Allee Effect. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.610412
Li, C., Chen, J., Liao, X., Ramus, A. P., Angelini, C., Liu, L., Silliman, B. R., Bertness, M. D., & He, Q. (2023). Shorebirds-driven trophic cascade helps restore coastal wetland multifunctionality. Nature Communications, 14. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43951-3
Li, X., Wang, H., McCauley, D. J., Altieri, A. H., Silliman, B. R., Lefcheck, J. S., Wu, J., Li, B., & He, Q. (2023). A wide megafauna gap undermines China’s expanding coastal ecosystem conservation. Science Advances, 9. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adg3800
Paxton, A. B., Newton, E. A., Adler, A. M., van Hoeck, R. v., Iversen, E. S., Christopher Taylor, J., Peterson, C. H., & Silliman, B. R. (2020). Artificial habitats host elevated densities of large reef-associated predators. PLoS ONE, 15. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237374
Paxton, A. B., Riley, T. N., Steenrod, C. L., Puckett, B. J., Alemu I, J. B., Paliotti, S. T., Adler, A. M., Exar, L., McLean, J. E. T., Kelley, J., Zhang, Y. S., Smith, C. S., Gittman, R. K., & Silliman, B. R. (2024). Evidence on the performance of nature-based solutions interventions for coastal protection in biogenic, shallow ecosystems: a systematic map. Environmental Evidence, 13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13750-024-00350-5
Pétillon, J., McKinley, E., Alexander, M., Adams, J. B., Angelini, C., Balke, T., Griffin, J. N., Bouma, T., Hacker, S., He, Q., Hensel, M. J. S., Ibáñez, C., Macreadie, P. I., Martino, S., Sharps, E., Ballinger, R., de Battisti, D., Beaumont, N., Burdon, D., … Skov, M. W. (2023). Top ten priorities for global saltmarsh restoration, conservation and ecosystem service research. In Science of the Total Environment (Vol. 898). Elsevier B.V. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165544
Qian, W., Chen, J., Zhang, Q., Wu, C., Ma, Q., Silliman, B. R., Wu, J., Li, B., & He, Q. (2021). Top-down control of foundation species recovery during coastal wetland restoration. Science of the Total Environment, 769. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144854
Reeves, S. E., Renzi, J. J., Fobert, E. K., Silliman, B. R., Hancock, B., & Gillies, C. L. (2020). Facilitating Better Outcomes: How Positive Species Interactions Can Improve Oyster Reef Restoration. In Frontiers in Marine Science (Vol. 7). Frontiers Media S.A. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00656
Renzi, J. J., He, Q., & Silliman, B. R. (2019). Harnessing positive species interactions to enhance coastal wetland restoration. In Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (Vol. 7). Frontiers Media S.A. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00131
Renzi, J. J., Morton, J. P., Bergman, J. L., Rowell, D., Iversen Jr., E. S., Gaskins, L. C., Hoehne-Diana, J., & Silliman, B. R. (2025). An abundant mutualist can protect corals from multiple stressors. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 292. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.2936
Saunders, M. I., Doropoulos, C., Bayraktarov, E., Babcock, R. C., Gorman, D., Eger, A. M., Vozzo, M. L., Gillies, C. L., Vanderklift, M. A., Steven, A. D. L., Bustamante, R. H., & Silliman, B. R. (2020). Bright Spots in Coastal Marine Ecosystem Restoration. In Current Biology (Vol. 30, pp. R1500–R1510). Cell Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.10.056
Shaver, E. C., & Silliman, B. R. (2017). Time to cash in on positive interactions for coral restoration. PeerJ, 2017. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3499
Sievers, M., Brown, C. J., Buelow, C. A., Hale, R., Ostrowski, A., Saunders, M. I., Silliman, B. R., Swearer, S. E., Turschwell, M. P., Valdez, S. R., & Connolly, R. M. (2022). Greater Consideration of Animals Will Enhance Coastal Restoration Outcomes. BioScience, 72, 1088–1098. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biac088
Sievers, M., Connolly, R. M., Finlayson, K. A., Kitchingman, M. E., Ostrowski, A., Pearson, R. M., Turschwell, M. P., Adame, M. F., Bugnot, A. B., Ditria, E., Hale, R., Silliman, B. R., Swearer, S. E., Valdez, S. R., & Brown, C. J. (2024). Enhanced but highly variable biodiversity outcomes from coastal restoration: A global synthesis. In One Earth (Vol. 7, pp. 623–634). Cell Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2024.02.013
Silliman BR, Angelini C, Krause G, Saunders MI, Smith CS, Valdez SR, McLean JET, Paxton AB, Heide Tvd and Abelson A (2023) Editorial: Marine ecosystem restoration (MER) – a call for a more inclusive paradigm. Front. Mar. Sci. 10:1250022. doi:10.3389/fmars.2023.1250022
Silliman, B. R., Hensel, M. J. S., Gibert, J. P., Daleo, P., Smith, C. S., Wieczynski, D. J., Angelini, C., Paxton, A. B., Adler, A. M., Zhang, Y. S., Altieri, A. H., Palmer, T. M., Jones, H. P., Gittman, R. K., Griffin, J. N., O’Connor, M. I., van de Koppel, J., Poulsen, J. R., Rietkerk, M., … Valdez, S. R. (2024). Harnessing ecological theory to enhance ecosystem restoration. In Current Biology (Vol. 34, pp. R418–R434). Cell Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.03.043
Silliman, B. R., Hughes, B. B., Zhang, Y. S., & He, Q. (2017). Business as usual leads to underperformance in coastal restoration. In Effective Conservation Science: Data Not Dogma (pp. 173–178). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198808978.003.0027
Silliman, B. R., Mozdzer, T., Angelini, C., Brundage, J. E., Esselink, P., Bakker, J. P., Gedan, K. B., van de Koppel, J., & Baldwin, A. H. (2014). Livestock as a potential biological control agent for an invasive wetland plant. PeerJ. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.567
Silliman, B. R., Schrack, E., He, Q., Cope, R., Santoni, A., van der Heide, T., Jacobi, R., Jacobi, M., & van de Koppel, J. (2015). Facilitation shifts paradigms and can amplify coastal Restoration efforts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112, 14295–14300. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1515297112
Smith, C. S., Rudd, M. E., Gittman, R. K., Melvin, E. C., Patterson, V. S., Renzi, J. J., Wellman, E. H., & Silliman, B. R. (2020). Coming to terms with living shorelines: A scoping review of novel restoration strategies for shoreline protection. In Frontiers in Marine Science (Vol. 7, pp. 1–14). Frontiers Media S.A. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00434
Temmink, R. J. M., Christianen, M. J. A., Fivash, G. S., Angelini, C., Boström, C., Didderen, K., Engel, S. M., Esteban, N., Gaeckle, J. L., Gagnon, K., Govers, L. L., Infantes, E., van Katwijk, M. M., Kipson, S., Lamers, L. P. M., Lengkeek, W., Silliman, B. R., van Tussenbroek, B. I., Unsworth, R. K. F., … van der Heide, T. (2020). Mimicry of emergent traits amplifies coastal restoration success. Nature Communications, 11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17438-4
Temmink, R. J. M., Lamers, L. P. M., Angelini, C., Bouma, T. J., Fritz, C., van de Koppel, J., Lexmond, R., Rietkerk, M., Silliman, B. R., Joosten, H., & van der Heide, T. (2022). Recovering wetland biogeomorphic feedbacks to restore the world’s biotic carbon hotspots. In Science (Vol. 376). American Association for the Advancement of Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abn1479
Valdez, S. R., Zhang, Y. S., van der Heide, T., Vanderklift, M. A., Tarquinio, F., Orth, R. J., & Silliman, B. R. (2020). Positive Ecological Interactions and the Success of Seagrass Restoration. In Frontiers in Marine Science (Vol. 7). Frontiers Media S.A. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00091
Vozzo, M. L., Buelow, C. A., Sievers, M., Adame, M. F., Branson, P., Brown, M., Crosswell, J. R., Doropoulos, C., Gilby, B. L., Martinez-Baena, F., Reeves, S., Rullens, V., Steven, A., Xiao, Z., Dahle, K., Silliman, B., ter Hofstede, R., van Koningsveld, M., & Saunders, M. I. (2024). Achieving at-scale seascape restoration by optimising cross-habitat facilitative processes. In NPJ Ocean Sustainability (Vol. 3). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-024-00095-1
Vozzo, M. L., Doropoulos, C., Silliman, B. R., Steven, A., Reeves, S. E., ter Hofstede, R., van Koningsveld, M., van de Koppel, J., McPherson, T., Ronan, M., & Saunders, M. I. (2023). To restore coastal marine areas, we need to work across multiple habitats simultaneously. In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (Vol. 120). National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2300546120
Xu, C., Silliman, B. R., Chen, J., Li, X., Thomsen, M. S., Zhang, Q., Lee, J., Lefcheck, J. S., Daleo, P., Hughes, B. B., Jones, H. P., Wang, R., Wang, S., Smith, C. S., Xi, X., Altieri, A. H., van de Koppel, J., Palmer, T. M., Liu, L., … He, Q. (2023). Herbivory limits success of vegetation restoration globally. Science, 382(6670), 589–594. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.add2814
Zhang, Y. S., Cioffi, W. R., Cope, R., Daleo, P., Heywood, E., Hoyt, C., Smith, C. S., & Silliman, B. R. (2018). A global synthesis reveals gaps in coastal habitat restoration research. Sustainability (Switzerland), 10. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10041040
Zhang, Y. S., Gittman, R. K., Donaher, S. E., Trackenberg, S. N., van der Heide, T., & Silliman, B. R. (2021). Inclusion of Intra- and Interspecific Facilitation Expands the Theoretical Framework for Seagrass Restoration. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.645673