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 Old Fields brings together leading experts from around the world to synthesize past and current work on old fields, providing an up-to-date perspective on the ecological dynamics of abandoned land. The book gives readers a broad 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. 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. Hobbs Cramer, Richard J Hobbs, Richard J. Hobbs
• Assisted by: Viki A Cramer (Editor), Viki A. Cramer (Editor), Richard J. Hobbs (Editor)
• Publisher: Island Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.10.2007
• EAN: 9781597260756
• ISBN: 978-1-59726-075-6
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Science and Practice of Ecolog; Science and Practice of Ecolog
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology