@misc{10481/76383,
year = {2022},
month = {5},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/76383},
abstract = {We are witnessing a rapid increase in news sending the message that drone seeding is a promising technological solution to
implement forest restoration at large spatial scales. However, there are neither reports regarding success nor peer-reviewed
studies to support these assertions. Once in the ground, the seeds and the seedlings and saplings that they generate have to face
biotic and abiotic hazards that can strongly reduce regeneration potential. Successful forest restoration, therefore, cannot be
achieved by simply dropping seeds from the air. We summarize some aspects to take into account before considering drone
seeding as an efficient and widely applicable technology for forest restoration. A first step should be to increase the precision
of drone seeding—contrary to the current massive firing of seeds—in order to concentrate the efforts in the best microsites
for establishment and reduce the number of seeds needed and the cost of the whole operation.},
organization = {projects RESISTE (Consejeria de Economia, Conocimiento y Universidad from the Junta de Andalucia/FEDER)	P18-RT-1927},
organization = {project DECOPIMED (Consejeria de Transformacion Economica, Industria, Conocimiento y Universidades from the Junta de Andalucia/FEDER)	B-RNM-214-UGR20},
organization = {project LifeWatch SmartEcoMountains (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion/Universidad de Granada/FEDER)	2019-10-UGR-01},
publisher = {Wiley},
keywords = {Aerial unmanned vehicles},
keywords = {Drone seeding},
keywords = {Forest restoration success},
keywords = {Seed broadcasting},
keywords = {Seedling establishment},
title = {Forest restoration is more than firing seeds from a drone},
doi = {10.1111/rec.13736},
author = {Castro Gutiérrez, Jorge and Morales de Rueda, Fernando and Alcaraz Segura, Domingo and Tabik, Siham},
}