Restoring Disturbed Landscapes Putting Principles into Practice / by David J. Tongway, John Ludwig.
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Washington, DC :
Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press,
2011.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2011. |
| Series: | The Science and Practice of Ecological Restoration
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- PART I: A Function-Based Approach to Restoring Disturbed Landscapes. 1. Our Approach to Restoring Disturbed Landscapes: Five-Step Adaptive Procedure
- 2. A Framework for How Landscapes Function
- 3. Principles for Restoring Landscape Functionality
- PART II: Case Studies on Restoring Landscapes: Mine Sites and Rangelands. 4. Restoring Mined Landscapes
- 5. Restoring Damaged Rangelands
- PART III: Scenarios for Restoring Landscapes: Mine Sites, Rangelands, Farmlands, and Roadsides. 6. Restoration of Mine-Site Waste-Rock Dumps
- 7. Restoration of Mine-Site Tailings Storage Facilities
- 8. Restoring Landscapes after Open-Cut Coal Mining
- 9. Restoring Rangelands with an Overabundance of Shrubs
- 10. Renewing Pastureland Functions Using Tree Belts
- 11. Restoration of Former Farmlands near Urban Developments
- 12. Restoring Verges after Road Construction
- PART IV: Monitoring Indicators. 13. Landscape Function Analysis: An Overview and Landscape Organization Indicators
- 14. Landscape Function Analysis: Soil-Surface Indicators
- 15. Ephemeral Drainage-Line Assessments: Indicators of Stability
- 16. Vegetation Assessments: Structure and Habitat Complexity Indicators
- 17. Reflections on Restoring Landscapes: A Function-Based Adaptive Approach
- References
- Glossary
- Further reading
- About the authors
- Index.