| Description |
xxvii, 457 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
The science and practice of ecological restoration |
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Science and practice of ecological restoration.
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| Contents |
Foreword / Curt Meine -- Preface to the 2005 edition / Dave Egan -- Introduction / Dave Egan and Evelyn A. Howell -- 1. Archaeology, paleoecosystems, and ecological restoration / Michael J. O'Brien -- 2. The contribution of ethnobiology to the reconstruction and restoration of historic ecosystems / M. Kat Anderson -- 3. The pleasures and pitfalls of written records / Michael Edmonds -- 4. Oral history : a guide to its creation and use / James E. Fogerty -- 5. Maps and photographs / Tina Reithmaier -- 6. Government land office survey and other early land surveys / Gordon G. Whitney and Joseph DeCant -- 7. Inferring forest stand history from observational field evidence / P. L. Marks and Sana Gardescu -- 8. Using dendrochronology to reconstruct the history of forest and woodland ecosystems / Kurt F. Kipfmueller and Thomas W. Swetnam -- 9. Palynology : an important tool for discovering historic ecosystems / Owen K. Davis -- 10. Packrat middens as a tool for reconstructing historic ecosystems / David Rhode -- 11. Techniques for discovering historic animal assemblages / Michael L. Morrison -- 12. Geomorphology, hydrology, and soils / Stanley W. Trimble -- 13. Inferring vegetation history from phytoliths / Glen G. Fredlund -- 14. Using historical data in ecological restoration : a case study from Natucket / Peter W. Dunwiddie -- 15. A multiple-scale history of past and ongoing vegetation change within the Indiana Dunes / Kenneth L. Cole -- 16. Implementing the archaeo-environmental reconstruction technique : rediscovering the historic ground layer of three plant communities in the greater grand canyon region / Thom Alcoze and Matt Hurteau -- 17. Documenting local landscape change : the San Francisco Bay area historical ecology project / Robin Grossinger |
| Analysis |
Natural resources |
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Conservation |
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Human ecology |
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History |
| Notes |
'With a new preface' --cover |
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'First Island press ed. 2001' --verso t.p |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Restoration ecology.
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Conservation of natural resources -- History.
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Human ecology -- History.
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Biotic communities -- History.
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| Author |
Egan, Dave.
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Howell, Evelyn A.
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Society for Ecological Restoration International.
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| LC no. |
2005015655 |
| ISBN |
1597260339 paperback alkaline paper |
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