Restoration Ecology
A Synthetic Approach to Ecological Research

William R. Jordan (Edited by), Michael E. Gilpin (Edited by), John D. Aber (Edited by)

9780521337281, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 16 August 1990

356 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.48 kg

"...Anyone intersted in ecosystem restoration work would be advised to obtain a copy..." Canadian Field Naturalist

Although interest in ecological restoration has grown rapidly in recent years, restoration efforts have been highly empirical and have therefore been of only marginal interest to theoretical ecologists concerned with the structure and dynamics of communities. The ability to reassemble a community or ecosystem and to make it function properly actually represents a critical test of ecological understanding in the most fundamental sense. It is this idea of restoration as a technique - and even a paradigm - for ecological studies, leading in turn to improved restoration methods, that is the subject of this book.

List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Part I. Introduction: Part II. Assembling Whole Systems in the Field: Part III. Synthetic Ecology: Part IV. Partial or Piecewise Restoration in the Field: Part V. Restored Systems as Opportunities for Basic Research: Part VI. Doing Restoration Ecology: Index.

Subject Areas: Ecological science, the Biosphere [PSAF]