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Title Old fields : dynamics and restoration of abandoned farmland / edited by Viki A. Cramer and Richard J. Hobbs.

Publication Info. Washington : Island Press, [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 334 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Series The science and practice of ecological restoration
Science and practice of ecological restoration.
Note "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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Subject Abandoned farms.
Reclamation of land.
Restoration ecology.
SCIENCE -- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry -- Environmental)
NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness.
NATURE -- Ecology.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology.
Abandoned farms. (OCoLC)fst00794175
Reclamation of land. (OCoLC)fst01091410
Restoration ecology. (OCoLC)fst01095983
Brache.
Renaturierung (Ökologie)
Ökosystem.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Cramer, Viki A.
Hobbs, R. J. (Richard J.)
Society for Ecological Restoration International.
Other Form: Print version: Old fields. Washington : Island Press, ©2007 (DLC) 2007025183
ISBN 9781435699779 (electronic bk.)
1435699777 (electronic bk.)
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