Large-scale ecosystem restoration

Large-scale ecosystem restoration five case studies from the United States / [electronic resource] : edited by Mary Doyle and Cynthia A. Drew. - Washington [D.C.] : Island Press, c2008. - xiv, 325 p. : ill., map. - The science and practice of ecological restoration . - Science and practice of ecological restoration. .

"Society for Ecological Restoration International."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

challenges of restoring the Everglades ecosystem / Everglades ecology : the impacts of altered hydrology / Rivers of plans for the river of grass : the political economy of Everglades restoration / Negotiating for endangered and threatened species habitat in the Platte River Basin / Platte River Basin ecology : a three-dimensional approach to adaptive management / Navigating the shoals : costs and benefits of Platte River ecosystem management / California-Bay Delta : the challenges of collaboration / ecology of Bay-Delta restoration : an impossible dream? / Water fights : the economics of allocating scarce water and Bay-Delta restoration / culture of collaboration in the Chesapeake Bay program / ecological perspective on management of the Chesapeake Bay / Murky waters and murky policies : costs and benefits of restoring Chesapeake Bay / Upper Mississippi River and the Army Corps of Engineers' new role : will Congress fund ecosystem restoration? / Upper Mississippi restoration ecology : putting theory into practice / Comparing apples and oranges? : costs and benefits of Upper Mississippi River system restoration / Assessing ecosystem restoration projects / Terrence "Rock" Salt, Stuart Langton, Mary Doyle -- Thomas L. Crisman -- Stephen Polasky -- David M. Freeman -- Thomas L. Crisman -- Stephen Polasky -- David Nawi, Alf W. Brandt -- Thomas L. Crisman -- Stephen Polasky -- Mary Doyle, Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm -- Thomas L. Crisman -- Stephen Polasky -- Cynthia A. Drew -- Thomas L. Crisman -- Stephen Polasky -- Mary Doyle. The The The The An The Conclusion:


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Restoration ecology--United States--Case studies.
Ecosystem management--United States--Case studies.
Watershed restoration--United States--Case studies.


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