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Ecological restoration and environmental change : renewing damaged ecosystems /
What is a natural habitat? Who can define what is natural when species and ecosystems constantly change over time, with or without human intervention? When a polluted river or degraded landscape is restored from its damaged state, what is the appropriate outcome? With climate change now threatening...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments: A beginning; 1 You can't not choose; 2 How did we get here? A brief history of ecological restoration; 3 Restoration is an active choice; 4 Climate change: Is rapid pace and magnitude a bridge too far for ecological restoration?; 5 Novel ecosystems: A new wrinkle for ecological restoration; 6 Geographical variation in attitudes to ecological restoration and why it matters; 7 Renewed restoration: Building a middle path toward a restored earth; 8 Building the restored future: Making the renewal happen.