New models for ecosystem dynamics and restoration / edited by Richard J. Hobbs and Katharine N. Suding.

"Society for Ecological Restoration International."

As scientific understanding about ecological processes has grown, the idea that ecosystem dynamics are complex, nonlinear, and often unpredictable has gained prominence. Of particular importance is the idea that rather than following an inevitable progression toward an ultimate endpoint, some ecosystems may occur in a number of states depending on past and present ecological conditions. The emerging idea of "restoration thresholds" also enables scientists to recognize when ecological systems are likely to recover on their own and when active restoration efforts are needed. Conceptual models based on alternative stable states and restoration thresholds can help inform restoration efforts. New Models for Ecosystem Dynamics and Restoration brings together leading experts from around the world to explore how conceptual models of ecosystem dynamics can be applied to the recovery of degraded systems and how recent advances in our understanding of ecosystem and landscape dynamics can be translated into conceptual and practical frameworks for restoration. In the first part of the book, background chapters present and discuss the basic concepts and models and explore the implications of new scientific research on restoration practice. The second part considers the dynamics and restoration of different ecosystems, ranging from arid lands to grasslands, woodlands, and savannahs, to forests and wetlands, to production landscapes. A summary chapter by the editors discusses the implications of theory and practice of the ideas described in preceding chapters. New Models for Ecosystem Dynamics and Restoration aims to widen the scope and increase the application of threshold models by critiquing their application in a wide range of ecosystem types. It will also help scientists and restorationists correctly diagnose ecosystem damage, identify restoration thresholds, and develop corrective methodologies that can overcome such thresholds.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Models of ecosystem dynamics as frameworks for restoration ecology / Katharine N. Suding and Richard J. Hobbs -- Critical transitions and regime shifts in ecosystems : consolidating recent advances / Stephen R. Carpenter and Marten Scheffer -- Transition dynamics in succession : implications for rates, trajectories, and restoration / Lawrence R. Walker and Roger del Moral -- Inference about complex ecosystem dynamics in ecological research and restoration practice / Arne Schröder -- Thresholds in ecological and linked social-ecological systems : application to restoration / Elizabeth G. King and Steven Whisenant -- Resilience theory in models of rangeland ecology and restoration : the evolution and application of a paradigm / Brandon T. Bestelmeyer [and others] -- Long-term dynamics and rehabilitation of woody ecosystems in Dryland South Island, New Zealand / Susan Walker [and others] -- Dryland dynamics and restoration : perspectives for the use of climatic swings / Milena Holmgren -- Developing data-driven descriptive models for Californian grasslands / James W. Bartolome, Randall D. Jackson, and Barbara H. Allen-Diaz -- Management and restoration in African Savannas : interactions and feedbacks / Mahesh Sankaran and T. Michael Anderson -- Rapid internal plant-soil feedbacks lead to alternative stable states in temperate Australian grassy woodlands / Suzanne M. Prober, Ian D. Lunt, and John W. Morgan -- Revised state-and-transistion model for the restoration of woodlands in Western Australia / Rachel J. Standish, Viki A. Cramer, and Colin J. Yates -- State-and-transition model for the recovery of abandoned farmland in New Zealand / Rachel J. Standish [and others] -- Dynamics and restoration of Australian tropical and subtropical rainforests / John Kanowski, Robert M. Kooyman, and Carla P. Catterall -- Interactions between lesser snow geese and Arctic coastal vegetation leading to alternative stable states / I. Tanya Handa and Robert L. Jefferies -- Feedbacks that might sustain natural, invaded, and restored states in herbaceous wetlands / Joy B. Zedler -- Development of conceptual models for ecological regime change in temporary Australian wetlands / Lien L. Sim, Jenny A. Davis, and Jane M. Chambers -- State-and-transition models for mining restoration in Australia / Carl Grant -- Alternative stable state model for landscape-scale restoration in South Australia / Peter Cale and Nigel Willoughby -- Alternative stable states for planning and implementing restoration of production systems in Michoacán, Mexico / Roberto Lindig-Cisneros -- Synthesis : are new models for ecosystem dynamics scientifically robust and helpful in guiding restoration projects? / Richard J. Hobbs and Katharine N. Suding.

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