Old Fields - Dynamics and Restoration of Abandoned Farmland

Informationen zum Autor Viki 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. Klappentext Providing a different perspective on the ecological dynamics of abandoned land! this book gives an understanding of why agricultural land is abandoned! the factors that determine the ecological recovery of old fields! and how this understanding contributes to theoretical and applied ecology. It includes 12 case studies. Zusammenfassung Providing a different perspective on the ecological dynamics of abandoned land! this book gives an understanding of why agricultural land is abandoned! the factors that determine the ecological recovery of old fields! and how this understanding contributes to theoretical and applied ecology. It includes 12 case studies.

Product details

• Authors: Viki A. (EDT)/ Hobbs Cramer, Viki A. Hobbs Cramer, Richard J. Hobbs, Society for Ecological Restoration Inter
• Assisted by: Viki A. Cramer (Editor), Richard J. Hobbs (Editor)
• Publisher: Island Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.10.2007
• EAN: 9781597260749
• ISBN: 978-1-59726-074-9
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 241 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Science & Practice of Ecological Restoration; Science and Practice of Ecolog; Science and Practice of Ecolog
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology