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020 _z9781597260749 (cloth : alk. paper)
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245 0 0 _aOld fields
_h[electronic resource] :
_bdynamics and restoration of abandoned farmland /
_cedited by Viki A. Cramer and Richard J. Hobbs.
260 _aWashington :
_bIsland Press,
_cc2007.
300 _aix, 334 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c23 cm.
490 1 _aThe science and practice of ecological restoration
500 _a"Society for Ecological Restoration International."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _a1. Why old fields? : the socioeconomic and ecological causes and consequences of land abandonment / Richard J. Hobbs and Viki A. Cramer -- pt. 1. Old fields and the development of ecological concepts -- 2. Old field succession : development of concepts / Richard J. Hobbs and Lawrence R. Walker -- 3. Old fields as complex systems : new concepts for describing the dynamics of abandoned farmland / Viki A. Cramer -- pt. 2. Case studies from around the world -- 4. Implications of land use history for natural forest regeneration and restoration strategies in Puerto Rico / Jess K. Zimmerman, T. Mitchell Aide, and Ariel E. Lugo -- 5. Processes affecting succession in old fields of Brazilian Amazonia / Gislene Ganade -- 6. Old field vegetation succession in the neotropics / Karen D. Holl -- 7. Patterns and processes of old field reforestation in Australian rain forest landscapes / Peter D. Erskine, Carla P. Catterall, David Lamb, and John Kanowski -- 8. Succession on the Piedmont of New Jersey and its implications for ecological restoration / Scott J. Meiners, Mary L. Cadenasso, and Steward T.A. Pickett -- 9. Succession and restoration in Michigan old field communities / Katherine L. Gross and Sarah M. Emery -- 10. Old field succession in central Europe : local and regional patterns / Karel Prach, Jan Lepš, and Marcel Rejmánek -- 11. Dynamics and restoration of abandoned farmland and other old fields in southern France / Pascal Marty, James Aronson, and Jacques Lepart -- 12. Land abandonment and old field dynamics in Greece / Vasilios P. Papanastasis -- 13. Old field dynamics on the dry side of the Mediterranean Basin : patterns and processes in semiarid southeast Spain / Andreu Bonet and Juli G. Pausas -- 14. Restoration of old fields in Renosterveld : a case study in a Mediterranean-type shrubland of South Africa / Cornelia B. Krug and Rainer M. Krug -- 15. Prospects for the recovery of native vegetation in western Australian old fields / Viki A. Cramer, Rachel J. Standish, and Richard J. Hobbs -- pt. 3. Synthesis : old field dynamics and restoration -- 16. Old field dynamics : regional and local differences, and lessons for ecology and restoration / Richard J. Hobbs and Viki A. Cramer.
533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bPalo Alto, Calif. :
_cebrary,
_d2009.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aAbandoned farms.
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650 0 _aReclamation of land.
_988008
650 0 _aRestoration ecology.
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655 7 _aElectronic books.
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700 1 _aCramer, Viki A.
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700 1 _aHobbs, R. J.
_q(Richard J.)
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710 2 _aSociety for Ecological Restoration International.
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710 2 _aebrary, Inc.
_9191
830 0 _aScience and practice of ecological restoration.
_9137570
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10272038
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
999 _c99512
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