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

Informationen zum Autor Andre F. Clewell taught botany at Florida State University in Tallahassee for 16 years before entering private practice as a restoration practitioner and plant ecologist. He served as president of the Society for Ecological Restoration and is co-coordinator of the RNC Alliance. James Aronson is head of the Restoration Ecology group at the Center of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology (CNRS)! in Montpellier! France! and curator of restoration ecology at the Missouri Botanical Garden. He is co-coordinator of the RNC Alliance. Klappentext "Ecological Restoration" offers for the first time a unified vision of ecological restoration as a field of study! one that clearly states the discipline's precepts and emphasizes issues of importance to those involved at all levels. In a lively! personal fashion! the authors discuss scientific and practical aspects of the field as well as the human needs and values that motivate practitioners. Zusammenfassung Offers a unified vision of ecological restoration as a field of study! one that states the discipline's precepts and emphasizes issues of importance to those involved at various levels. This book discusses the scientific and practical aspects of the field as well as the human needs and values that motivate practitioners.

Product details

• Authors: James Aronson, Andre F. Clewell, Andre F. Aronson Clewell, Andre F./ Aronson Clewell
• Publisher: Island Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.01.2008
• EAN: 9781597261685
• ISBN: 978-1-59726-168-5
• No. of pages: 275
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 267 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Science and Practice of Ecolog; Science and Practice of Ecolog
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology