Few restoration studies consider soil invertebrates such as termites although these are present throughout many ecosystems worldwide and provide a range of ecosystem services as soil engineers. The few studies that do consider the recovery of termites after human-induced disturbance are geographically concentrated in Africa and South America and tropical seasonal savannah ecosystems. These studies suggest that termites can in some cases recover to pre-disturbance levels after a few years, or take up to 30 years, although with altered community composition. While termites could potentially have negative impacts on restoration efforts by damaging vegetation, their recovery was shown to have benefits on ecosystems which warrants further research into their recovery across a wider range of continents and biomes.

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恢复中的白蚁：被遗忘的昆虫？

很少有恢复研究考虑白蚁等土壤无脊椎动物，尽管它们存在于世界各地的许多生态系统中，并作为土壤工程师提供一系列生态系统服务。少数考虑人为干扰后白蚁恢复的研究在地理上集中在非洲和南美洲以及热带季节性大草原生态系统。这些研究表明，在某些情况下，白蚁可以在几年或长达 30 年后恢复到干扰前的水平，尽管群落组成发生了变化。虽然白蚁可能通过破坏植被对恢复工作产生负面影响，但它们的恢复被证明对生态系统有好处，这需要进一步研究它们在更广泛的大陆和生物群落中的恢复。