Restoration ecology [[electronic resource] ] : the new frontier / / edited by Jelte van Andel and James Aronson ; with the assistance of Christelle Fontaine and Berengere Merlot

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910208829503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2012
• ISBN: 1-118-22313-6; 1-118-22312-8; 1-118-22315-2; 1-280-58601-X; 9786613615848; 1-118-22314-4
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (410 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): AndelJ. van; AronsonJames <1953->
• Disciplina: 333.7153; 639.9
• Soggetti: Restoration ecology; Ecology; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: RESTORATION ECOLOGY; Contents; Part 1: Setting the Scene; Chapter 1:Getting Started; Chapter 2:Unifying Concepts; Chapter 3: Environmental Management and Restoration in a Changing Climate; Chapter 4: Planning and Implementing Successful Landscape-Scale Restoration; Part 2:Ecological Foundations; Chapter 5: Landscape Ecology; Chapter 6: Ecology of Ecosystems and Biotic Communities; Chapter 7: Populations: Ecology and Genetics; Chapter 8: Reintroductions: Learning from Successes and Failures; Part 3: Experiences and Lessons, Biome by Biome; Chapter 9: Restoration of Tropical Forests; Chapter 10:Restoration of Arid and Semi-Arid LandsChapter 11: Restoration of Mediterranean-Type Woodlands and Shrublands; Chapter 12: Restoration of Temperate Forests: An European Approach; ; Chapter 13: Restoring Temperate Forests: A North American Perspective; Chapter 14: Restoration of Dry Grasslands and Heathlands; Chapter 15: Restoration of Arctic-Alpine Ecosystems; Chapter 16: Restoration of Mires; Chapter 17: Restoration of Rivers and Floodplains; Chapter 18: Restoration of Freshwater Lakes; Chapter 19: Restoration of Salt Marshes; Part 4: Restoring to the Future; Chapter 20: Biological Invasions, Resilience and RestorationChapter 21: Shifting Baselines: Dynamics of Evolution and Community Change in a Changing World; Chapter 22: Restoration Ecology and the Path to Sustainability; Glossary; References; Restoration Ecology Author Index; Restoration Ecology Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Enlarged, enhanced and internationalized edition of the first restoration ecology textbook to be published, with foreword by Dr. Steven Whisnant of Texas A&M University and Chair of the Society of Ecological Restoration. Since 2006, when the first edition of this book appeared, major advances have taken place in restoration science and in the practice of ecological restoration. Both are now accepted as key components of the increasingly urgent search for sustainability at global, national, and community levels - hence the phrase 'New Frontier' in the title. While the first edition fo