Description |
xii, 352 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
Series |
The science and practice of ecological restoration |
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Science and practice of ecological restoration.
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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.
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Ecological succession.
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Ecosystem management.
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Author |
Hobbs, R. J. (Richard J.)
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Suding, Katharine N. (Katharine Nash)
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Society for Ecological Restoration International.
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LC no. |
2008014304 |
ISBN |
9781597261845 cloth alkaline paper |
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159726184X cloth alkaline paper |
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9781597261852 paperback alkaline paper |
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1597261858 paperback alkaline paper |
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