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1 online resource (ix, 334 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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The science and practice of ecological restoration |
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Science and practice of ecological restoration.
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"Society for Ecological Restoration International." |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
1. Why old fields? : the socioeconomic and ecological causes and consequences of land abandonment / Richard J. Hobbs and Viki A. Cramer -- part 1. Old fields and the development of ecological concepts -- 2. Old field succession : development of concepts / Richard J. Hobbs and Lawrence R. Walker -- 3. Old fields as complex systems : new concepts for describing the dynamics of abandoned farmland / Viki A. Cramer -- part 2. Case studies from around the world -- 4. Implications of land use history for natural forest regeneration and restoration strategies in Puerto Rico / Jess K. Zimmerman, T. Mitchell Aide, and Ariel E. Lugo -- 5. Processes affecting succession in old fields of Brazilian Amazonia / Gislene Ganade -- 6. Old field vegetation succession in the neotropics / Karen D. Holl -- 7. Patterns and processes of old field reforestation in Australian rain forest landscapes / Peter D. Erskine, Carla P. Catterall, David Lamb, and John Kanowski -- 8. Succession on the Piedmont of New Jersey and its implications for ecological restoration / Scott J. Meiners, Mary L. Cadenasso, and Steward T.A. Pickett -- 9. Succession and restoration in Michigan old field communities / Katherine L. Gross and Sarah M. Emery -- 10. Old field succession in central Europe : local and regional patterns / Karel Prach, Jan Lepš, and Marcel Rejmánek -- 11. Dynamics and restoration of abandoned farmland and other old fields in southern France / Pascal Marty, James Aronson, and Jacques Lepart -- 12. Land abandonment and old field dynamics in Greece / Vasilios P. Papanastasis -- 13. Old field dynamics on the dry side of the Mediterranean Basin : patterns and processes in semiarid southeast Spain / Andreu Bonet and Juli G. Pausas -- 14. Restoration of old fields in Renosterveld : a case study in a Mediterranean-type shrubland of South Africa / Cornelia B. Krug and Rainer M. Krug -- 15. Prospects for the recovery of native vegetation in western Australian old fields / Viki A. Cramer, Rachel J. Standish, and Richard J. Hobbs -- part 3. Synthesis : old field dynamics and restoration -- 16. Old field dynamics : regional and local differences, and lessons for ecology and restoration / Richard J. Hobbs and Viki A. Cramer. |
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Print version record. |
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Subject |
Abandoned farms.
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Reclamation of land.
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Restoration ecology.
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SCIENCE -- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry -- Environmental)
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NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness.
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NATURE -- Ecology.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology.
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Abandoned farms. (OCoLC)fst00794175
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Reclamation of land. (OCoLC)fst01091410
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Restoration ecology. (OCoLC)fst01095983
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Brache.
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Renaturierung (Ökologie)
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Ökosystem.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Cramer, Viki A.
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Hobbs, R. J. (Richard J.)
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Society for Ecological Restoration International.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Old fields. Washington : Island Press, ©2007 (DLC) 2007025183 |
ISBN |
9781435699779 (electronic bk.) |
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1435699777 (electronic bk.) |
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