Authors:Peter Friederici, Ecological Restoration Institute,
Publisher: Island Press
Keywords: ecological, restoration, practice, series, science, pine, southwestern, ponderosa, forests
Number of Pages: 584
Published: 2003-05-16
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 155963653X
ISBN-13: 9781559636537

Ecological Restoration of Southwestern Ponderosa Pine Forests brings together practitioners and thinkers from a variety of fields?including forestry, biology, philosophy, ecology, political science, archaeology, botany, and geography?to synthesize what is known about ecological restoration in ponderosa pine forests and to consider the factors involved in developing and implementing a successful restoration effort. The book examines:? the overall context for restoration?ecological, social, economic, political, and philosophical? how ecosystem processes such as fire, hydrology, and nutrient cycl