Restoration Ecology
Restoration Ecology
A Synthetic Approach to Ecological Research
William R. Jordan
, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Michael E. Gilpin , University of California, San Diego
John D. Aber , University of Wisconsin, Madison
Michael E. Gilpin , University of California, San Diego
John D. Aber , University of Wisconsin, Madison
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9780521337281
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Although interest in ecological restoration has grown rapidly in recent years, restoration efforts have been highly empirical and have therefore been of only marginal interest to theoretical ecologists concerned with the structure and dynamics of communities. The ability to reassemble a community or ecosystem and to make it function properly actually represents a critical test of ecological understanding in the most fundamental sense. It is this idea of restoration as a technique - and even a paradigm - for ecological studies, leading in turn to improved restoration methods, that is the subject of this book.
- A guide for all ecologists and environmental scientists who wish to study community structure
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9780521331104
352 pages
228 × 152 mm
0.628kg
Table of Contents
- List of contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Part I. Introduction: Part II. Assembling Whole Systems in the Field: Part III. Synthetic Ecology: Part IV. Partial or Piecewise Restoration in the Field: Part V. Restored Systems as Opportunities for Basic Research: Part VI. Doing Restoration Ecology: Index.
