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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782618003321

Titolo

Restoration ecology [[electronic resource] ] : the new frontier / / edited by Jelte van Andel and James Aronson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2006

ISBN

1-282-11682-7

9786612116827

1-4443-0918-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (340 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AndelJ. van

AronsonJames <1953->

Disciplina

333.7/153

Soggetti

Restoration ecology

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 (p. 248-296) and index.

Includes web resources.

Nota di contenuto

Contributors; Foreword; Preface; PART 1 Introduction to restoration ecology; 1 Ecological restoration as a project for global society; 2 Concepts in restoration ecology; Part 2 Ecological foundations; 3 Landscape: spatial interactions; 4 Ecosystems: trophic interactions; 5 Communities: interspecific interactions; 6 Populations: intraspecific interactions; 7 Populations: re-introductions; PART 3 Restoration perspectives; 8 Restoration of dry grasslands and heathlands; 9 Restoration of mires and wet grasslands; 10 Restoration of forests; 11 Restoration of rivers and floodplains

12 Restoration of freshwater lakes13 Restoration of intertidal flats and tidal salt marshes; 14 Restoration of Mediterranean woodlands; 15 Restoration of alpine ecosystems; PART 4 Challenges for the future; 16 Challenges for ecological theory; 17 Challenges for the practice of ecological restoration; References; Internet websites; Index; Colour Plate

Sommario/riassunto

Aimed at Masters, and PhD students, teachers, researchers and natural resource managers, this book explores the interface between restoration ecology and ecological restoration. Covers both the ecological concepts involved in restoration ecology and their practical



applications.  Written by an excellent group of ecologists from centres across Europe with a strong reputation for restoration ecology.  Only textbook around aimed specifically at advanced undergraduate courses and postgraduate study programmes.