New Models for Ecosystem Dynamics and Restoration 1st Edition by Richard Hobbs, Katharine Suding ISBN 978-1597261845 159726184X

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ISBN 10:  159726184X

ISBN 13: 978-1597261845

Author:  Richard J. Hobbs, Katharine N. Suding

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.

Table of contents: 

PART I. Background: Concepts and Models

1. Models of Ecosystem Dynamics as Frameworks for Restoration Ecology

Katharine N. Suding and Richard J. Hobbs

2. Critical Transitions and Regime Shifts in Ecosystems: Consolidating Recent Advances

Stephen R. Carpenter and Marten Scheffer

3. Transition Dynamics in Succession: Implications for Rates, Trajectories, and Restoration

Lawrence R. Walker and Roger del Moral

4. Inference about Complex Ecosystem Dynamics in Ecological Research and Restoration Practice

Arne Schröder

5. Thresholds in Ecological and Linked Social-Ecological Systems: Application to Restoration

Elizabeth G. King and Steven Whisenant

6. Resilience Theory in Models of Rangeland Ecology and Restoration: The Evolution and Application of a Paradigm

Brandon T. Bestelmeyer, Kris M. Havstad, Bolormaa Damindsuren, Guodong Han, Joel R. Brown, Jeffrey E.. Herrick, Caitriana M. Steele, and Debra P. C. Peters

PART II. Dynamics and Restoration of Different Ecosystem Types

ARID ECOSYSTEMS

7. Long-Term Dynamics and Rehabilitation of Woody Ecosystems in Dryland South Island, New Zealand

Susan Walker, Ellen Cieraad, Adrian Monks, Larry Burrows, Jamie Wood,

Robbie Price, Geoff Rogers, and Bill Lee

8. Dryland Dynamics and Restoration: Perspectives for the Use of Climatic Swings Milena Holmgren

GRASSLAND, WOODLAND, AND SAVANNA ECOSYSTEMS

9. Developing Data-Driven Descriptive Models for Californian Grasslands James W. Bartolome, Randall D. Jackson, and Barbara H. Allen-Diaz

10. Management and Restoration in African Savannas: Interactions and Feedbacks

Mahesh Sankaran and T. Michael Anderson

11. Rapid Internal Plant-Soil Feedbacks Lead to Alternative Stable States in Temperate Australian Grassy Woodlands

Suzanne M. Prober, lan D. Lunt, and John W. Morgan

12. A Revised State-and-Transition Model for the Restoration of Woodlands in Western Australia

Rachel J. Standish, Viki A. Cramer, and Colin J. Yates

FOREST ECOSYSTEMS

13. A State-and-Transition Model for the Recovery of Abandoned Farmland in New Zealand

Rachel J. Standish, Ashley D. Sparrow, Peter A. Williams, and Richard J. Hobbs

14. Dynamics and Restoration of Australian Tropical and Subtropical Rainforests John Kanowski, Robert M. Kooyman, and Carla P. Catterall

WETLAND ECOSYSTEMS

15. Interactions between Lesser Snow Geese and Arctic Coastal Vegetation Leading to Alternative Stable States

1. Tanya Handa and Robert L.. Jefferies

16. Feedbacks That Might Sustain Natural, Invaded, and Restored States in Herbaceous Wetlands

Joy B. Zedler

17. Development of Conceptual Models for Ecological Regime Change in Temporary Australian Wetlands

Lien L. Sim, Jenny A. Davis, and Jane M. Chambers

PRODUCTION LANDSCAPES

18. State-and-Transition Models for Mining Restoration in Australia

Carl Grant

19. An Alternative Stable State Model for Landscape-Scale Restoration in South Australia

Peter Cale and Nigel Willoughby

20. Alternative Stable States for Planning and Implementing Restoration of Production Systems in Michoacán, Mexico

Roberto Lindig-Cisneros

PART III. Synthesis: Implications for Theory and Practice

21. 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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