Intelligent Tinkering Bridging the Gap between Science and Practice /

• Main Author: Cabin, Robert J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2011.
• Series: The Science and Practice of Ecological Restoration
• Subjects: Environment.; Ecosystems.; Landscape ecology.; Conservation biology.; Ecology.; Environmental management.; Nature conservation.; Environmental Management.; Landscape Ecology.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Nature Conservation.

Robert J. Cabin uses the restoration of tropical dry forestland in Hawaii as an in-depth case study to investigate the scientific, practical, and philosophical issues associated with performing ecological restoration in the messy real world.   Interweaving entertaining narratives of his own on-the-g...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: The Science of Restoration Ecology and the Practice of Ecological Restoration
• PART 1. Restoring Paradise. 1. Tropical Dry Forests: Land of the Living Dead
• 2. Let’s See Action! Planning and Implementing a Research and Restoration Program
• 3. Now What? Responding to Nature’s Response
• 4. Writing It Up: The Art and Importance of Science Papers
• 5. Scaling Up: Micro to Macro Science and Practice
• 6. Shall We Dance? The Trade-Offs of Science-Practice Collaborations and Community-Driven Restoration
• PART 2. Toward a More Perfect Union. 7. The Science-Practice Gap
• 8. Bridging the Science-Practice Gap
• 9. Intelligent Tinkering
• Selected bibliography
• Index.