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Ecological restoration and environmental change : renewing damaged ecosystems /

By: Allison, Stuart K.
Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012Description: xi, 245 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781849712859 (hbk); 9781849712859:; 1849712859 (hbk); 9780203128039 (ebk); 0203128036 (ebk).Subject(s): Restoration ecology | Environment | Ecology | Global environmental changeDDC classification: 639.9
Contents:
You can't not choose -- How did we get here? A brief history of ecological restoration -- Restoration is an active choice -- Climate change : is rapid pace and magnitude a bridge too far for ecological restoration? -- Novel ecosystems : a new wrinkle for ecological restoration -- Geographical variation in attitudes to ecological restoration and why it matters -- Renewed restoration : building a middle path toward a restored earth -- Building the restored future : making the renewal happen.
Summary: What is a natural habitat? Who can define what is natural when species and ecosystems constantly change over time, with or without human intervention? This book addresses and challenges some of these issues which question the core values of the science and practice of restoration ecology.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

You can't not choose -- How did we get here? A brief history of ecological restoration -- Restoration is an active choice -- Climate change : is rapid pace and magnitude a bridge too far for ecological restoration? -- Novel ecosystems : a new wrinkle for ecological restoration -- Geographical variation in attitudes to ecological restoration and why it matters -- Renewed restoration : building a middle path toward a restored earth -- Building the restored future : making the renewal happen.

What is a natural habitat? Who can define what is natural when species and ecosystems constantly change over time, with or without human intervention? This book addresses and challenges some of these issues which question the core values of the science and practice of restoration ecology.

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