Restoration Ecology
Restoration Ecology
Michael E. Gilpin , University of California, San Diego
John D. Aber , University of Wisconsin, Madison
$102.00
USDAlthough 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
Reviews & endorsements
"By casting familiar questions in a different light and covering a wide variety of issues and environments, Restoration Ecology merits the attention of a broad spectrum of practicing ecologists...." Ecology
"...Anyone intersted in ecosystem restoration work would be advised to obtain a copy..." Canadian Field Naturalist
Product details
August 1990Paperback
9780521337281
356 pages
229 × 152 × 20 mm
0.48kg
Available
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.
