Foundations of ecological resilience /

Foundations of ecological resilience /

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Imprint:Washington, DC : Island Press, ©2009.
Description:1 online resource (xxv, 466 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:English
Subject:
Ecosystem management.
Ecosystem health.
Resilience (Ecology)
Ecosystem health.
Ecosystem management.
Resilience (Ecology)
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11102976
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Other authors / contributors:Gunderson, Lance H.
Allen, Craig R.
Holling, C. S.
ISBN:9781610911337
1610911334
9781597265102
1597265101
9781597265119
159726511X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-449) and index.
Print version record.
Summary:Provides a theoretical foundation for understanding how complex systems adapt to and recover from licolaised disturbances like hurricanes, fires, pest outbreaks and floos, as well as large-scale perturbations such as climate change.
Other form:Print version: Foundations of ecological resilience. Washington, DC : Island Press, ©2009 9781597265102
Publisher's no.:MWT11456851
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: why resilience? why now? / Lance H. Gunderson and Craig R. Allen
  • Part one: concepts and theory Commentary on part one articles / Craig R. Allen, Lance H. Gunderson, and C.S. Holling
  • Article 1: resilience and stability of ecological systems / C.S. Holling
  • Article 2: engineering resilience versus ecological resilience / C.S. Holling
  • Article 3: the resilience of terrestrial ecosystems: local surprise and global change / C.S. Holling
  • Article 4: regime shifts, resilience, and biodiversity in ecosystem management / Carl Folke, Steve Carpenter, Brian Walker, Marten Scheffer, Thomas Elmqvist, Lance Gunderson, and C.S. Holling
  • Article 5: biological diversity, ecosystems, and the human scale / Carl Folke, C.S. Holling, and Charles Perrings
  • Article 6: ecological resilience, biodiversity, and scale / Garry Peterson, Craig R. Allen, and C.S. Holling.
  • Part two: ecological examples Commentary on part two articles / Craig R. Allen, Lance H. Gunderson, and C.S. Holling
  • Article 7: catastrophes, phase shifts, and large-scale degradation of a Caribbean coral reef / Terence P. Hughes
  • Article 8: sea otters and kelp forests in Alaska: generality and variation in a community ecological paradigm / James A. Estes and David O. Duggins
  • Article 9: body mass patterns predict invasions and extinctions in transforming landscapes / Craig R. Allen, Elizabeth A. Forys, and C.S. Holling.
  • Part three: empirics and models Commentary on part three articles / Craig R. Allen, Lance H. Gunderson, and C.S. Holling
  • Article 10: resource science: the nurture of an infant / C.S. Holling and A.D. Chambers
  • Article 11: lessons for ecological policy design: a case study of ecosystem management / William C. Clark, Dixon D. Jones, and C.S. Holling
  • Article 12: qualitative analysis of insect outbreak systems: the spruce budworm and forest / D. Ludwig, D.D. Jones, and C.S. Holling
  • Conclusion: the evolution of an idea
  • the past, present, and future of ecological resilience / Lance H. Gunderson, C.S. Holling, and Craig R. Allen.

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