Linking Restoration and Ecological Succession

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Walker, Lawrence R. (Editor), Walker, Joe (Editor), Hobbs, Richard J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007.
• Series: SPRINGER SERIES ON ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT,
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Ecosystems.; Landscape ecology.; Plant ecology.; Community ecology, Biotic.; Forestry.; Nature conservation.; Life Sciences.; Nature Conservation.; Landscape Ecology.; Plant Ecology.; Community & Population Ecology.

While studies of restoration and ecological succession have been published independently, there is much overlap between these approaches that has not been adequately explored. Linking Restoration and Ecological Succession integrates practical information from restoration projects around the world wi...

Table of Contents:

• Forging a New Alliance Between Succession and Restoration
• Insights Gained from Succession for the Restoration of Landscape Structure and Function
• Aboveground-Belowground Linkages, Ecosystem Development, and Ecosystem Restoration
• Retrogressive Succession and Restoration on Old Landscapes
• Succession and Restoration of Drained Fens: Perspectives from Northwestern Europe
• Manipulation of Succession
• Restoration as a Process of Assembly and Succession Mediated by Disturbance
• Integrating Restoration and Succession.