Description |
xv, 397 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm |
Contents |
1. Why restoration? / Krystyna M. Urbanska, Nigel R. Webb and Peter J. Edwards -- 2. What do we mean by restoration? / Anthony D. Bradshaw -- 3. Restoration as an ecosystem process: implications of the modern ecological paradigm / V. Thomas Parker and Steward T. A. Pickett -- 4. The importance of soil ecology in restoration science / Anthony D. Bradshaw -- 5. Soil micro-organisms, mycorrhiza, and restoration ecology / Kurt Haselwandter -- 6. Safe sites - interface of plant population ecology and restoration ecology / Krystyna M. Urbanska -- 7. The role of plant - animal mutualisms in the design and restoration of natural communities / Steven N. Handel -- 8. The development of criteria for ecological restoration / Nigel R. Webb -- 9. Restoring ecosystems in the western United States: environmental constraints, disturbance characteristics, and restoration success / Jeanne C. Chambers -- 10. Restoration of eroded areas in Iceland / Sigurdur H. Magnusson |
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11. Invertebrates assist the restoration process: an Australian perspective / Jonathan D. Majer -- 12. Terrestrial arthropod as ecological indicators of habitat restoration in southwestern North America / Kathy S. Williams -- 13. Tidal wetlands restoration and creation along the east coast of North America / William A. Niering -- 14. Options for restoration and management of coastal salt marshes in Europe / Jan P. Bakker, Peter Esselink and Rene van der Wal [et al.] -- 15. Ecological engineering and sustainable development / Peter J. Edwards and Cyrus Abivardi -- 16. Ecological restoration - the magnitude of the challenge: an outsider's view / Michael J. Clark -- 17. Restoration ecology: science, technology, and society / Peter J. Edwards, Nigel R. Webb and Krystyna M. Urbanska [et al.] |
Notes |
Papers from a conference sponsored by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, and others |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Restoration ecology -- Congresses.
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Restoration ecology -- Economic aspects -- Congresses.
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Sustainable development -- Congresses.
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Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Author |
Urbanska, K. M. (Krystyna M.)
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Webb, N. R. (Nigel R.)
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Edwards, Peter J.
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LC no. |
96052176 |
ISBN |
0521581605 hardcover |
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052159989X paperback |
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