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Title Assembly rules and restoration ecology : bridging the gap between theory and practice / edited by Vicky M. Temperton [and others]
Published Washington, D.C. : Island Press, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 439 pages) : illustrations
Series Science and practice of ecological restoration
Science and practice of ecological restoration.
Contents Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Ch 1: Introduction: Why Assembly Rules are Important to the Field of Restoration Ecology -- Part I: Assembly Rules and the Search for a Conceptual Framework for Restoration Ecology -- Ch 2: Advances in Restoration Ecology: Insights from Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems -- Ch 3: The Search for Ecological Assembly Rules and Its Relevance to Restoration Ecology -- Ch 4: Assembly Models and the Practice of Restoration -- Part II: Ecological Filters as a Form of Assembly Rule
Ch 5: Ecological Filters, Thresholds, and Gradients in Resistance to Ecosystem Reassembly -- Ch 6: The Dynamic Environmental Filter Model: How do Filtering Effects Change in Assembling Communities after Disturbance? -- Ch 7: Beyond Ecological Filters: Feedback Networks in the Assembly and Restoration of Community Structure -- Part III: Assembly Rules and Community Structure -- Ch 8: Self-Organization of Plankton Communities: A Test of Freshwater Restoration -- Ch 9: Functional Group Interaction Patterns Across Trophic Levels in a Regenerating and a Seminatural Grassland
Ch 10: Structure, Dynamics, and Restoration of Plant Communities: Do Arbuscular Mycorrhizae Matter? -- Ch 11: Modeling of Plant Community Assembly in Relation to Deteministic and Stochastic Processes -- Ch 12: Application of Stable Nitrogen Isotopes to Investigate Food-Web Development in Regenerating Ecosystems -- Part IV: Assembly Rules in Severely Degraded Environments -- Ch 13: The Roles of Seed Dispersal Ability and Seedling Salt Tolerance in Community Assembly of a Severely Degraded Site
Ch 14: Order of Arrival and Availability of Safe Sites: An Example of Their Importance for Plant Community Assembly in Stressed Ecosystems -- Ch 15: Are Assembly Rules Apparent in the Regeneration of a Former Uranium Mining Site? -- Ch 16: The Role of Nutrients and the Importance of Function in the Assembly of Ecosystems -- Part V: Disturbance and Assembly -- Ch 17: Disturbance, Succession, and Community Assembly in Terrestrial Plant Communities -- Ch 18: Disturbance, Assembly Rules, and Benthic Communities in Running Waters: A Review and Some Implications for Restoration
Ch 19: How Structure Controls Assembly in the Hyporheic Zone of Rivers and Streams: Colmation as a Disturbance -- Synthesis -- Ch 20: Assembly Rules and Ecosystem Restoration: Where to from Here? -- About the Contributors -- Index
Summary Annotation An introduction, overview, and synthesis of the potential role of assembly rules theory in restoration ecology. Brings together information and ideas relating to ecosystem assembly in a restoration context, and includes material from a wide geographic range and a variety of perspectives
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Restoration ecology.
Biotic communities.
Ecosystem
Ecology
Ecosystems
Models
Plant communities
Plankton
Mycorrhizae
Nutrients
Nitrogen
Water
Stochastic processes
NATURE -- Natural Resources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business.
Biotic communities
Restoration ecology
Biotop
Rekultivierung
Renaturierung Ökologie
Ökosystemmanagement
Ecossistemas (recuperação)
Meio ambiente (recuperação)
Form Electronic book
Author Temperton, Vicky M.
LC no. 2003024788
ISBN 9781429495134
1429495138
9781559633741
1559633743
9781559633758
1559633751
9781597265904
159726590X