Ecological Restoration: Principles, Values, and Structure of an Emerging Profession

Title Page......Page 6
Copyright Page......Page 7
Table of Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
Part I: Introduction and Essential Background......Page 18
Ch. 1: Essence of Restoration......Page 20
VFT 1: Restoring Desertified Vegetation in Australia......Page 27
Ch. 2: Ecological Impairment and Recovery......Page 32
VFT 2: Restoring Cultural Landscapes in Central Chile......Page 46
Ch. 3: Cultural Ecosystems, Fire, and Alternative States......Page 51
Part II: Elements of Restoration Projects......Page 66
Ch. 4: Ecological Attributes of Restored Ecosystems......Page 68
VFT 3: Restoring Wet Prairie in Mississippi, USA......Page 83
Ch. 5: Reference Models and Developmental Trajectories......Page 88
Ch. 6: Project Planning and Evaluation......Page 101
Part III: Values that Restoration Addresses......Page 110
VFT 4: Restoring a Communal Savanna in South Africa......Page 112
Ch. 7: Values and Ecological Restoration......Page 117
VFT 5: Restoring Forests and People’s Well-Being in Southern India......Page 125
Ch. 8: A Four-Quadrant Model for Holistic Ecological Restoration......Page 129
Part IV: Structure of an Emerging Profession......Page 136
VFT 6: Restoring Drained Peatlands for Sustainable Use in Germany......Page 138
Ch. 9: Relationship of Restoration to Related Fields......Page 143
VFT 7: Restoring Dogleg Branch in Florida, USA......Page 154
Ch. 10: Project Roles and Contexts......Page 160
VFT 8: Setting Up a Long-Term Restoration Ecology Research Site in Southern France......Page 171
Ch. 11: Recognizing the Profession and the Professional......Page 176
Part V: Holistic Ecological Restoration......Page 180
Ch. 12: The Concept of Holistic Ecological Restoration: A Synthesis......Page 182
Appendix: Guidelines for Developing and Managing Ecological Restoration Projects, 2nd Edition......Page 186
Glossary......Page 204
References......Page 212
About the Authors and Collaborators......Page 222
Index......Page 224