Ecological Restoration Principles, Values, and Structure of an Emerging Profession /

• Main Authors: Clewell, Andre F. (Author), Aronson, James. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2013.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Series: The Science and Practice of Ecological Restoration
• Subjects: Environmental sciences.; Science (General).; Applied Ecology.; Ecology.; Environmental management.; Environment.; Environment, general.; Science, general.; Terrestial Ecology.; Environmental Management.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.5822/978-1-59726-323-8

Ecological restoration is a rapidly growing discipline that encompasses a wide range of activities and brings together practitioners and theoreticians from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives, ranging from volunteer backyard restorationists to highly trained academic scientists and professiona...

Table of Contents:

• About the society for ecological restoration
• List of virtual field trips
• Foreword; Paddy Woodworth
• Preface
• Part I. Why We Restore. 1. Overview
• 2. Values and Ecological Restoration
• 3. Disturbance and Impairment. Disturbance
• Part II. What We Restore. 4. Recovery
• 5. Ecological Attributes of Restored Ecosystems
• 6. Semicultural Landscapes and Ecosystems
• Part III. How We Restore. 7. Ecological References
• 8. Approaches to Restoration
• 9. Project Planning and Evaluation. Guidelines for Restoration
• Part IV. Ecological Restoration as a Profession. 10. Relationship of Restoration to Related Fields
• 11. Projects and the Professional
• 12. Moving Restoration ForwardTogether
• Glossary
• References cited
• About the authors and collaborators
• Index.