Old fields dynamics and restoration of abandoned farmland /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington :
Island Press,
c2007.
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| Series: | The science and practice of ecological restoration
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| Online Access: | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10272038 |
Table of Contents:
- 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.