Fauna and land reclamation technology - a review of the history and need for such studies

There is clearly a need to bring together the current knowledge about the ways in which fauna may contribute to reclamation technology. This book was written to fill this gap in the literature. It describes how the presence of certain animals can assist, or impede, the process of ecosystem restorati...

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Main Author: Majer, Jonathan
Format: Book Chapter
Published: 1989
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7864
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description There is clearly a need to bring together the current knowledge about the ways in which fauna may contribute to reclamation technology. This book was written to fill this gap in the literature. It describes how the presence of certain animals can assist, or impede, the process of ecosystem restoration and also how reclamation may be designed to cater for economically or aesthetically valuable species such as fish, cattle or wildlife. It also discusses the implications to re colonization of such problems as toxic substrates, unfavourable climatic zones or pest outbreaks.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-78642017-01-30T11:03:01Z Fauna and land reclamation technology - a review of the history and need for such studies Majer, Jonathan There is clearly a need to bring together the current knowledge about the ways in which fauna may contribute to reclamation technology. This book was written to fill this gap in the literature. It describes how the presence of certain animals can assist, or impede, the process of ecosystem restoration and also how reclamation may be designed to cater for economically or aesthetically valuable species such as fish, cattle or wildlife. It also discusses the implications to re colonization of such problems as toxic substrates, unfavourable climatic zones or pest outbreaks. 1989 Book Chapter http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7864 restricted
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Fauna and land reclamation technology - a review of the history and need for such studies
title Fauna and land reclamation technology - a review of the history and need for such studies
title_full Fauna and land reclamation technology - a review of the history and need for such studies
title_fullStr Fauna and land reclamation technology - a review of the history and need for such studies
title_full_unstemmed Fauna and land reclamation technology - a review of the history and need for such studies
title_short Fauna and land reclamation technology - a review of the history and need for such studies
title_sort fauna and land reclamation technology - a review of the history and need for such studies
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7864