Old fields dynamics and restoration of abandoned farmland /
| Other Authors: | Cramer, Viki A., Hobbs, R. J., Society for Ecological Restoration International. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Washington :
Island Press,
[2007]
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| Physical Description: |
ix, 334 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
| Series: |
Science and practice of ecological restoration.
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| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- 1.
- Why old fields? 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.