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  "abstract": "Ecosystem restoration is expected to enhance ecosystem resilience to climate change, but few empirical and mechanistic demonstrations of such assertions exist. Here, we explore this topic for tropical atoll systems, combining science on nutrient subsidies and geo-ecological functions through a unifying ecological energetics lens. We show that native forest cover and seabird nutrient inputs increase primary productivity and secondary metabolism on islands and adjacent coral reefs, scaling with key ecosystem processes. We then demonstrate that seabird and native forest restoration could contribute to reducing island climate change vulnerability by (i) increasing reef accretion rates such that they keep pace with sea-level rise under a 2.0°C warming scenario, (ii) enhancing the production rate of sediment, which could contribute to island maintenance, and (iii) increasing vegetation fine root length, aiding island sediment stabilization. Collectively, our findings provide an integrated energetics and geo-ecological perspective that suggests rewilding of atolls can contribute to climate resilience.",
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    "Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK.",
    "California Oceans Program, The Nature Conservancy, CA, USA.",
    "Geography, Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.",
    "School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.",
    "The Lyell Centre, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.",
    "Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, 1919 Route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier, France.",
    "School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.",
    "Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands.",
    "UMR ENTROPIE, Université de La Réunion, La Réunion, France.",
    "Blue Economy Research Institute, University of Seychelles, Anse Royale, Mahé, Seychelles.",
    "Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Fahrenheitstraße 6, Bremen, Germany.",
    "Chagos Conservation Trust, London, UK.",
    "Tetiaroa Society, Teti’aroa, French Polynesia.",
    "University of French Polynesia, IFREMER, ILM, IRD, UMR SECOPOL, Campus d'Outumaoro, Punaauia, Tahiti, French Polynesia.",
    "IRD, ILM, IFREMER, UPF, UMR SECOPOL, Campus d'Outumaoro, Punaauia, Tahiti, French Polynesia.",
    "Frégate Island Foundation, Roche Caiman, Mahé, Seychelles.",
    "Fenua Ecologie, 98702 Faaa Centre, Tahiti, French Polynesia.",
    "Cousine Island Conservation, Cousine Island, Seychelles.",
    "Island Conservation Society, Pointe Larue, Mahé, Seychelles.",
    "Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK."
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  "published": "2026-10-14",
  "publisher": "American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)",
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  "title": "Seabirds and native vegetation drive ecosystem processes that support atoll island resilience",
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