Cork Oak Woodlands on the Edge - Ecology, Adaptive Management, and Restoration

Informationen zum Autor James Aronson is a researcher at the Center of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology (CNRS) in Montpellier! France! and head of the Restoration Ecology group at the Missouri Botanical Garden! USA. Joao S. Pereira is a professor of ecology and president of the Scientific Council of the Technical University of Lisbon. Juli G. Pausas is an ecologist of the Spanish National Research Council (CIDE! CSIC). His research focuses on ecology and evolution of Mediterranean plants. Klappentext "Cork Oak Woodlands on the Edge" is an important book for anyone interested in the future of cork oak woodlands! or in the management of cultural landscapes and their associated land-use systems. In a changing world full of risks and surprises! it represents an excellent example of a multidisciplinary and holistic approach to studying! managing! and restoring an ecosystem! and will serve as a guide for other studies of this kind. Zusammenfassung Cork oak has historically been an important species in the western Mediterranean - ecologically as a canopy or 'framework' tree in natural woodlands! and culturally as an economically valuable resource that underpins local economies. This work offers practical information on cork oak woodlands and the cultural systems dependent on them.

Product details

• Authors: James (EDT)/ Pereira Aronson, James Pereira Aronson
• Assisted by: James Aronson (Editor), Juli G. Pausas (Editor), Joao S. Pereira (Editor), Joao Santos Pereira (Editor), João Santos Pereira (Editor)
• Publisher: Island Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 15.08.2009, delayed
• EAN: 9781597264785
• ISBN: 978-1-59726-478-5
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Science & Practice of Ecological Restoration; Science and Practice of Ecolog; Science and Practice of Ecolog
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology