Old fields : dynamics and restoration of abandoned farmland / ed. by Viki A. Cramer and Richard J. Hobbs

Cramer, Viki A. [Hrsg.] ; Hobbs, Richard J.

Englisch

Washington [u.a.] : Island Press, 2007

IX, 334 S : Ill., graph. Darst

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1. Why old fields? : the socioeconomic and ecological causes and consequences of land abandonment / Richard J. Hobbs and Viki A. Cramer -- pt. 1. Old fields and the development of ecological concepts -- 2. Old field succession : development of concepts / Richard J. Hobbs and Lawrence R. Walker -- 3. Old fields as complex systems : new concepts for describing the dynamics of abandoned farmland / Viki A. Cramer -- pt. 2. Case studies from around the world -- 4. Implications of land use history for natural forest regeneration and restoration strategies in Puerto Rico / Jess K. Zimmerman, T. Mitchell Aide, and Ariel E. Lugo -- 5. Processes affecting succession in old fields of Brazilian Amazonia / Gislene Ganade -- 6. Old field vegetation succession in the neotropics / Karen D. Holl -- 7. Patterns and processes of old field reforestation in Australian rain forest landscapes / Peter D. Erskine, Carla P. Catterall, David Lamb, and John Kanowski -- 8. Succession on the Piedmont of New Jersey and its implications for ecological restoration / Scott J. Meiners, Mary L. Cadenasso, and Steward T.A. Pickett -- 9. Succession and restoration in Michigan old field communities / Katherine L. Gross and Sarah M. Emery -- 10. Old field succession in central Europe : local and regional patterns / Karel Prach, Jan Lepš, and Marcel Rejmánek -- 11. Dynamics and restoration of abandoned farmland and other old fields in southern France / Pascal Marty, James Aronson, and Jacques Lepart -- 12. Land abandonment and old field dynamics in Greece / Vasilios P. Papanastasis -- 13. Old field dynamics on the dry side of the Mediterranean Basin : patterns and processes in semiarid southeast Spain / Andreu Bonet and Juli G. Pausas -- 14. Restoration of old fields in Renosterveld : a case study in a Mediterranean-type shrubland of South Africa / Cornelia B. Krug and Rainer M. Krug -- 15. Prospects for the recovery of native vegetation in western Australian old fields / Viki A. Cramer, Rachel J. Standish, and Richard J. Hobbs -- pt. 3. Synthesis : old field dynamics and restoration -- 16. Old field dynamics : regional and local differences, and lessons for ecology and restoration / Richard J. Hobbs and Viki A. Cramer

Includes bibliographical references

Online-Ausg.: Old Fields. - Washington : Island Press, 2007. - 1 online resource (346 pages)

1-59726-075-4 pbk. : alk. paper

1-59726-074-6 cloth : alk. paper

978-1-59726-075-6 : pbk. : alk. paper

978-1-59726-074-9 : cloth : alk. paper

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9781597260749

*Brache / Renaturierung

*Brache / Ökosystem

*Abandoned farms ; Reclamation of land ; Restoration ecology ; Abandoned farms ; Reclamation of land ; Restoration ecology

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: S606

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 577.5/5 ; 577.55

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation: AR 13720: A Allgemeines / AR Naturschutz und Umweltschutz / Rekultivierung (und Naturschutz, Landschaftsbau s. ZH 9800)

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation: RB 10672: R Geografie / RB 10000-RB 10918 Nicht regional gebundene Darstellungen / Anbaumethoden, Bodenerhaltung, Landeskulturbau, Be- und Entwässerung

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