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Foundations of restoration ecology / edited by Margaret A. Palmer, Joy B. Zedler, and Donald A. Falk.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Publisher: Washington, DC : Island Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Edition: Second editionDescription: xxiii, 552 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781610916974
  • 1610916972
  • 9781610916967
  • 1610916964
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.7 FOU 23
Contents:
Part I. Introduction to restoration and foundational concepts -- Ecological theory and restoration ecology / Margaret A. Palmer, Joy B. Zedler, and Donald A. Falk -- Ecological dynamics and ecological restoration / Katharine Suding, Erica Spotswood, Dylan Chapple, Erin Beller, and Katherine Gross -- Biodiversity as a goal and driver of restoration / Shahid Naeem -- Landscape ecology and restoration processes / John Paul Metzger and Pedro H.S. Brancalion -- Part II. Ecological theory and the restoration of populations and communities. Population and ecological genetics in restoration ecology / Christopher M. Richards, Donald A. Falk, and Arlee M. Montalvo -- Ecophysiological considerations for restoration / Sarah Kimball, Jennifer L. Funk, Darren R. Sandquist, and James R. Ehleringer -- Implications of population and metapopulation theory for restoration science and practice / Joyce Maschinski and Pedro F. Quintana-Ascencio -- Invasive species and restoration challenges / Carla M. D'Antonio, Elizabeth August-Schmidt, and Barbara Fernandez-Going -- Assembly theory for restoring ecosystem structure and functioning : timing is everything? / Vicky M. Temperton, Annett Baasch, Philipp von Gillhaussen, and Anita Kirmer -- Heterogeneity theory and ecological restoration / Daniel J. Larkin, Gregory L. Bruland, and Joy B. Zedler -- Food web theory and ecological restoration / M. Jake Vander Zanden, Julian D. Olden, Claudio Gratton, and Tyler D. Tunney -- Part III. Ecosystem processes and restoration ecology. Nutrient dynamics as determinants and outcomes of restoration / Sara G. Baer -- Recovery of ecosystem processes : carbon and energy flows in restored wetlands, grasslands, and forests / Erika Marín-Spiotta and Rebecca Ostertag -- Watershed processes as drivers for aquatic ecosystem restoration / David Moreno-Mateos and Margaret A. Palmer -- Part IV. The spatial and temporal dimensions of restoration. Evolutionary restoration ecology / Craig A. Stockwell, Michael T. Kinnison, Andrew P. Hendry, and Jill A. Hamilton -- Macroecology and the theory of island biogeography : abundant utility for applications in restoration ecology / Andrew J. Dennhardt, Margaret E.K. Evans, Andrea Dechner, Lindsay E.F. Hunt, and Brian A. Maurer -- The influence of climate variability and change on the science and practice of restoration ecology / David A. Falk and Constance I. Millar -- Part V. Synthesis and challenges. Persistent and emerging themes in the linkage of theory to restoration practice / Margaret A. Palmer.
Summary: "This revised and expanded edition of Foundations of Restoration Ecology delivers the latest emerging theories and ideas in the science of restoration ecology. New sections cover the restoration of specific ecosystem processes, including hydrology, nutrient dynamics, and carbon. Case studies describe real-life restoration scenarios in North and South America, Europe, and Australia."--Page 4 of cover.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This revised and expanded edition of Foundations of Restoration Ecology delivers the latest emerging theories and ideas in the science of restoration ecology. New sections cover the restoration of specific ecosystem processes, including hydrology, nutrient dynamics, and carbon. Case studies describe real-life restoration scenarios in North and South America, Europe, and Australia."--Page 4 of cover.

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