03928nam a2200421 a 4500 ebr10272038 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 070618s2007 dcuab sb 001 0 eng 2007025183 9781597260749 (cloth : alk. paper) 1597260746 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781597260756 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1597260754 (pbk. : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)427507208 S606 .O43 2007eb 577.5/5 22 Old fields [electronic resource] : dynamics and restoration of abandoned farmland / edited by Viki A. Cramer and Richard J. Hobbs. Washington : Island Press, c2007. ix, 334 p. : ill., maps. The science and practice of ecological restoration "Society for Ecological Restoration International." Includes bibliographical references and index. 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 Lep�s, and Marcel Rejm�anek -- 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Abandoned farms. Reclamation of land. Restoration ecology. Electronic books. local Cramer, Viki A. Hobbs, R. J. (Richard J.) Society for Ecological Restoration International. ebrary, Inc. Science and practice of ecological restoration. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10272038 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 8076 8076