Restoration ecology

The Earth's biodiversity is at risk, as delicate ecosystems struggle to overcome global climate change, rain forest destruction acid rain overfishing, erosion, and a host of other interconnected environmental problems. Written for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, Restoration Eco...

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Main Author: Greipsson, Sigurdur (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Sudbury, Massachusetts : Jones and Bartlett Publishers , c2011
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300 |a xvi, 408 p. :   |b ill. ;   |c 23 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a 1. Introduction to restoration ecology -- 2. Ecosystem functioning -- 3. Biodiversity -- 4. Succession -- 5. Assembly -- 6. Landscape -- 7. Invasive species -- 8. Soil -- 9. Sand dunes -- 10. Mines and polluted sites -- 11. Forest -- 12. Endangered animals -- 13. Aquatic ecosystems : wetlands, lakes, and rivers -- 14. Management of restoration project 
520 |a The Earth's biodiversity is at risk, as delicate ecosystems struggle to overcome global climate change, rain forest destruction acid rain overfishing, erosion, and a host of other interconnected environmental problems. Written for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, Restoration Ecology addresses these growing environmental Concerns and offers practical and economical solution. The text opens with a look at fundamental ecological principles critical to understanding restoration, including nutriert cycing and factors that regulate ecosystem function, and continues on to explore restoration in practice, providing real-life accounts of the restoration of various disturbed ecosystems. The final section delves into the planning implementation monitoring, and appraisal of restoration work. -- Book Jacket 
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