▪ Abstract Estimates of global wetland area range from 5.3 to 12.8 million km2. About half the
global wetland area has been lost, but an international treaty (the 1971 Ramsar Convention) …

Introduction: This paper surveys a framework for vegetation dynamics to provide conceptual
background for a series of papers addressing the role of vegetation dynamics in restoration …

Efforts to direct the recovery of damaged sites and landscape date back as far as the 1930s.
If we fully understood the conditions and controlling variables at restoration sites, we would …

The Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, a complex mosaic of tidal freshwater habitats in
California, is the focus of a major ecosystem rehabilitation effort because of significant long …

This book provides the first global synthesis of the biology of disturbed habitats and offers
readers both the conceptual underpinnings and practical advice required to comprehend …

Green roofs have been heralded as a “sustainable building practice” in cities throughout the
world as one response to mounting environmental stresses. A range of stressors plus …

Over the past decade, restoration of the Kissimmee River in central Florida has received
considerable attention from local, state, national, and international media. In terms of areal …

The fields of ecology and ecological restoration possess an enormous potential for cross‐
fertilization of ideas and information. Ecology could play a major role in informing practical …

A review of the science and practice of ecosystem restoration led me to identify key
ecological theories and concepts that are relevant to planning, implementing, and sustaining …

To improve predictability of management outcomes, restorationists need conceptual models
that characterize the degradation process and help predict the outcomes of restoration …