Old fields dynamics and restoration of abandoned farmland /

Corporate Author: Society for Ecological Restoration International.
Other Authors: Cramer, Viki A., Hobbs, R. J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington : Island Press, c2007.
Series:The science and practice of ecological restoration
Subjects:
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10272038
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245 0 0 |a Old fields  |b dynamics and restoration of abandoned farmland /  |c edited by Viki A. Cramer and Richard J. Hobbs. 
260 |a Washington :  |b Island Press,  |c c2007. 
300 |a ix, 334 p. :  |b ill., maps. 
490 1 |a The science and practice of ecological restoration 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a 1. 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 Lepιs, and Marcel Rejmβanek -- 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. 
650 0 |a Abandoned farms. 
650 0 |a Reclamation of land. 
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700 1 |a Hobbs, R. J. 
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