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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Viki A. Cramer , Richard J. Hobbs , James Aronson , Donald A. FalkPublisher: Island Press Imprint: Island Press Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.567kg ISBN: 9781597260749ISBN 10: 1597260746 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 12 October 2007 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely Availability: Out of stock  Table of ContentsReviewsConservation of plant communities often boils down to managing succession. Nowhere is this more obviously true than in old fields. This book powerfully illustrates the great variety of patterns and processes that take place in abandoned agricultural land around the globe. It is an invaluable guide to how nature beats ploughshares into swards. --Jonathan Silvertown author of Demons in Eden: The Paradox of Plant Diversity Agriculturally transformed land is being abandoned as economics and lifestyles change globally, and in all sorts of ecosystems. In Old Fields, the editors use cases from around the world to compare theoretical models of old field vegetation change with reality, challenging us to know when benign neglect or active restoration will maximize the ecological or socioeconomic values of old field ecosystems. --Suzanne J. Milton Professor, Department of Conservation Ecology, Stellenbosch University, South Af Author InformationViki A. Cramer is an ecologist in the School of Environmental Science at Murdoch University in Western Australia, where she teaches environmental restoration. Richard J. Hobbs is Australian Professorial Fellow at Murdoch University, fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, and editor-in-chief of the journal Restoration Ecology. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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