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Titolo |
Old fields [[electronic resource] ] : dynamics and restoration of abandoned farmland / / edited by Viki A. Cramer and Richard J. Hobbs |
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Washington, : Island Press, c2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-61091-098-2 |
1-59726-908-5 |
1-4356-9977-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (346 p.) |
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Collana |
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The science and practice of ecological restoration |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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CramerViki A |
HobbsR. J (Richard J.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Abandoned farms |
Reclamation of land |
Restoration ecology |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Society for Ecological Restoration International." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Why old fields? : the socioeconomic and ecological causes and consequences of land abandonment / Richard J. Hobbs and Viki A. Cramer -- pt. 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 -- pt. 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 |
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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 -- pt. 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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