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Title New models for ecosystem dynamics and restoration / edited by Richard J. Hobbs and Katharine N. Suding
Published Washington : Island Press, [2009]
©2009

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Description xii, 352 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Series The science and practice of ecological restoration
Science and practice of ecological restoration.
Contents Models of ecosystem dynamics as frameworks for restoration ecology -- Critical transitions and regime shifts in ecosystems: consolidating recent advances -- Transition dynamics in succession: implications for rates, trajectories, and restoration -- Inference about complex ecosystem dynamics in ecological research and restoration practice -- Thresholds in ecological and linked social-ecological systems: application to restoration -- Resilience theory in models of rangeland ecology and restoration: the evolution and application of a paradigm -- Long-term dynamics and rehabilitation of woody ecosystems in dryland South Island, New Zealand -- Dryland dynamics and restoration: perspectives for the use climatic swings -- Developing data-driven descriptive models for Californian grasslands -- Management and restoration in African savannas: interactions and feedbacks -- Rapid internal plant-soil feedbacks lead to alternative stable states in temperate Australian grassy woodlands -- A revised state-and-transition model for the restoration of woodlands in Western Australia -- A state-and-transition model for the recovery of abandoned farmaland in New Zealand -- Dynamics and restoration of Australian tropical and subtropical rainforests -- Interactions between lesser snow geese and Arctic coastal vegetation leading to alternative stable states -- Feedbacks that might sustain natural, invaded, and restored states in herbaceous wetlands -- Development of conceptual models for ecological regime change in temporary Australian wetlands -- State-and-transition models for mining restoration in Australia -- An alternative stable state model for landscape-scale restoration in South Australia -- Alternative stable states for planning and implementing restoration of production systems in Michoacán, Mexico -- Synthesis: are new models for ecosystem dynamics scientifically robust and helpful in guiding restoration projects?
Notes "Society for Ecological Restoration International."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Restoration ecology.
Ecological succession.
Ecosystem management.
Author Hobbs, R. J. (Richard J.)
Suding, Katharine N. (Katharine Nash)
Society for Ecological Restoration International.
LC no. 2008014304
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