Research Catalog

Title

New models for ecosystem dynamics and restoration / edited by Richard J. Hobbs and Katharine N. Suding.

Publication

Washington : Island Press, [2009], ©2009.

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Additional Authors

• Hobbs, R. J. (Richard J.)
• Suding, Katharine N. (Katharine Nash)
• Society for Ecological Restoration International.

Description

xii, 352 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm.

Series Statement

The science and practice of ecological restoration

Uniform Title

Science and practice of ecological restoration.

Subjects

• Ecosystem management
• Ecological succession
• Restoration ecology

Note

• "Society for Ecological Restoration International."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Pt. I. Background: Concepts and Models -- 1. Models of Ecosystem Dynamics as Frameworks for Restoration Ecology / Katharine N. Sliding and Richard J. Hobbs -- 2. Critical Transitions and Regime Shifts in Ecosystems: Consolidating Recent Advances / Stephen R. Carpenter and Marten Scheffer -- 3. Transition Dynamics in Succession: Implications for Rates, Trajectories, and Restoration / Lawrence R. Walker and Roger del Moral -- 4. Inference about Complex Ecosystem Dynamics in Ecological Research and Restoration Practice / Arne Schroder -- 5. Thresholds in Ecological and Linked Social-Ecological Systems: Application to Restoration / Elizabeth G. King and Steven Whisenant -- 6. Resilience Theory in Models of Rangeland Ecology and Restoration: The Evolution and Application of a Paradigm / Brandon T. Bestelmeyer, Kris M. Havstad, Bolonnaa Damindsuren, Guodong Han, Joel R. Brown, Jeffrey E. Herrick, Caitriana M. Steele and Debra P. C. Peters -- Pt. II. Dynamics and Restoration of Different Ecosystem Types -- Arid Ecosystems -- 7. Long-Term Dynamics and Rehabilitation of Woody Ecosystems in Dryland South Island, New Zealand / Susan Walker, Ellen Cieraad, Adrian Monks, Larry Burrows, Jamie Wood, Robbie Price, Geoff Rogers and Bill Lee -- 8. Dryland Dynamics and Restoration: Perspectives for the Use of Climatic Swings / Milena Holmgren -- Grassland, Woodland, and Savanna Ecosystems -- 9. Developing Data-Driven Descriptive Models for Californian Grasslands / James W. Bartolome, Randall D. Jackson and Barbara H. Allen-Diaz -- 10. Management and Restoration in African Savannas: Interactions and feedbacks / Mahesh Sankaran and T. Michael Anderson -- 11. Rapid Internal Plant-Soil Feedbacks Lead to Alternative Stable States in Temperate Australian Grassy Woodlands / Suzanne M. Prober, Ian D. Lunt and John W. Morgan -- 12. A Revised State-and-Transition Model for the Restoration of Woodlands in Western Australia / Rachel J. Standish, Viki A. Cramer and Colin J. Yates -- Forest Ecosystems -- 13. A State-and-Transition Model for the Recovery of Abandoned Farmland in New Zealand / Rachel J. Standish, Ashley D. Sparrow, Peter A. Williams and Richard J. Hobbs -- 14. Dynamics and Restoration of Australian Tropical and Subtropical Rainforests / John Kanowski, Robert M. Kooyman and Carla P. Catterall -- Wetland Ecosystems -- 15. Interactions between Lesser Snow Geese and Arctic Coastal Vegetation Leading to Alternative Stable States / I. Tanya Handa and Robert L. Jefferies -- 16. Feedbacks That Might Sustain Natural, Invaded, and Restored Slates in Herbaceous Wetlands / Joy B. Zedler -- 17. Development of Conceptual Models for Ecological Regime Change in Temporary Australian Wetlands / Lien L. Sim, Jenny A. Davis and Jane M. Chambers -- Production Landscapes -- 18. State-and-Transition Models for Mining Restoration in Australia / Carl Grant -- 19. An Alternative Stable State Model for Landscape-Scale Restoration in South Australia / Peter Cale and Nigel Willoughby -- 20. Alternative Stable States for Planning and Implementing Restoration of Production Systems in Michoacan, Mexico / Roberto Lindig-Cisneros -- Pt. III. Synthesis: Implications for Theory and Practice -- 21. Synthesis: Are New Models for Ecosystem Dynamics Scientifically Robust and Helpful in Guiding Restoration Projects? / Richard J. Hobbs and Katharine N. Suding.

ISBN

• 9781597261845 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 159726184X (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9781597261852 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 1597261858 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2008014304
• 40016299106

OCLC

• ocn217263670
• 217263670
• SCSB-5451127

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries