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Title Page
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Contents
Case Studies
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Learning Objectives
1.1 What is Restoration Ecology?
1.2 Early Restoration Efforts in North America
1.3 Restoration Ecology Today
1.4 Types of Restoration
1.5 Outline of the Restoration Process
1.6 Assumptions, Challenges, and Opportunities for Restoration
Key Concepts
Resources for Further Study
Learning Objectives
2.1 The Conceptual Community/Ecosystem Model
2.2 Ecological Theory within Restoration Ecology
2.3 The Nature of Communities: Concepts and Explanations from Community Ecology
2.4 The Ecosystem: Focus on Functions and Process
2.5 Landscape Ecology
2.6 Climate Change
2.7 The Link Between Theory and Practice
Key Concepts
Resources for Further Study
Learning Objectives
3.1 Adaptive Restoration
3.2 Project Documentation
3.3 Establishing Communication Networks: Sharing and Evaluating Information
3.4 Incorporating Research into Restoration
Key Concepts
Resources for Futher Study
Learning Objectives
4.1 Overview of the Site Inventory and Analysis Process
4.3 Region and Context
4.4 Climate
4.5 Topography
4.6 Hydrology
4.7 Soils
4.8 Fauna (Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, Invertebrates, Soil Organisms)
4.9 Vegetation
4.10 Inventory and Analysis of Culutural Featres, Social Uses, and Perceptions
4.11 Regulations and Permits
4.13 The Analysis
Food for Thought
Resources for Further Study
Learning Objectives
5.1 Getting Started
5.2 Microclimate
5.3 Topography
5.4 Hydology: Freshwater Systems
5.5 Hydrology: Costal Marine Systems
5.6 Soils
5.7 Fauna
5.8 Vegetation
5.10 People
5.11 Inventory Protocols Revisited
Food for Thought
Resources for Further Study
Learning Objectives
6.1 Plan Features
6.2 The Master Plan Structure
6.3 Project Overview and Purpose
6.5 A Set of Alternative Solutions
6.6 Goals for Each Community or Restoration Unit
6.7 The Estimated Budget
6.8 Procedures for Plan Adoption, Review, and Modificiations
Resources for Further Study
Learning Objectives
7.1 Site Plan Outcomes
7.2 Plan Layout: Configuring the Site Plan
7.3 Creating the Landscape Experience
7.4 Developing a Site Plan for the Cross Plains Ice Age National Scientific Reserve
Food for Thought
Resources for Further Study
Learning Objectives
8.1 Defining the Implementation Units and Boundaries
8.2 Assessing Existing Site Conditions
8.3 Developing Implementation Strategies for Site Preparation
8.4 Developing Implementation Strategies to Reintroduce Biotic Components
8.5 Resolving Logistics
Key Concepts
Resources for Further Study
Learning Objectives
9.1 Features of the Monitoring Plan
9.2 Monitoring Vegetation
9.3 Establishing Monitoring Timelines
9.4 Analysis and Storage of Monitoring Data
9.5 Who Does the Monitoring?
9.6 The Monitoring Budget
Food for Thought
Resources for Further Study
Learning Objectives
10.1 The Need for Restoration Management
10.2 Features of the Management Plan
10.3 Vegetation Management Tools
10.4 Reducing Management Impacts
Food for Thought
Resources for Further Study
Learning Objectives
11.2 The Role of Humans in the Pest Species Problem
11.3 Impacts: Why Restoration Ecologists are Concerned About Pest Species
11.4 Factors that Exacerbate the Impact of Pest Species
11.5 Developing a Pest Species Management Plan
Food for Thought
Resources for Further Study
Learning Objectives
12.1 User Impacts
12.2 Cross-Boundry Influences
12.3 Potential Planning Approaches
Key Concepts
Resources for Further Study
Learning Objectives
13.1 The Social Dimension of Restoration
13.3 Working with Volunteers
Key Concepts
Resources for Further Study
14.1 The University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum
14.2 The Nature Conservancy Great Rivers Partnership Program
14.3 The Kootenai River Habitat Restoration Project Master Plan
15. Conclusion
15.1 The Future of Restoration
15.2 Questions You Will Be Asking in the Future
15.3 Final Thoughts
References
Glossary
Index
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