Primary succession and ecosystem rehabilitation / Lawrence R. Walker and Roger del Moral.

ISBN:

9780511063282

9780521800761

9780521529549

9780511056956

9780511071744

9780511178665

9780511615078

9781280430312

Title:

Primary succession and ecosystem rehabilitation / Lawrence R. Walker and Roger del Moral.

Author:

Walker, Lawrence R.

Personal Author:

Walker, Lawrence R.

Publication Information:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 442 pages) : illustrations

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Denudation: the creation of a barren substrate; 3 Successional theory; 4 Soil development; 5 Life histories of early colonists; 6 Species interactions; 7 Successional patterns; 8 Applications of theory for rehabilitation; 9 Future directions; Glossary; Illustration credits; References; Index.

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Subject Term:

Ecological succession.

Ecosystem management.

Added Author:

Moral, Roger del, 1943-

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2003

Publication Information:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

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Summary

Natural disturbances such as lava flows, landslides and glacial moraines, and human-damaged sites such as pavement, road edges and mine wastes often leave little or no soil or biological legacy. This book provides the first comprehensive summary of how plant, animal and microbial communities develop under the harsh conditions following such dramatic disturbances. The authors examine the basic principles that determine ecosystem development and apply the general rules to the urgent practical need for promoting the reclamation of damaged lands. Written for ecologists concerned with disturbance, landscape dynamics, restoration, life histories, invasions, modeling, soil formation and community or population dynamics, this book will also serve as an authoritative text for graduate students and a valuable reference for professionals involved in land management.

Preface

1 Introduction

2 Denudation: the creation of a barren substrate

3 Successional theory

4 Soil development

5 Life histories of early colonists

6 Species interations

7 Successional patterns

8 Applications of theory for rehabilitation

9 Future directions

Glossary

References

Index

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