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Novel Ecosystems: Intervening in the New Ecological World Order / Edition 1
- ISBN-10:
- 1118354222
- ISBN-13:
- 9781118354223
- Pub. Date:
- 04/01/2013
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Novel Ecosystems: Intervening in the New Ecological World Order / Edition 1
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ISBN-13: | 9781118354223 |
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Publisher: | Wiley |
Publication date: | 04/01/2013 |
Pages: | 384 |
Product dimensions: | 7.50(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.90(d) |
About the Author
Eric S. Higgs is Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria (Canada), and director of the Mountain Legacy research project. Author of Nature by Design: People, Natural Process and Ecological Restoration, he focuses on advancing principles and practice of ecological restoration in a rapidly changing world.
Carol Hall has worked on community conservation issues in North America and Africa during the past 15 years. She is a co-author of the World Commission on Protected Areas’ Ecological Restoration for Protected Areas: Principles, guidelines and best practices (in press, Gland, Switzerland: IUCN), and currently Program Director for the Restoration Institute, University of Victoria.
Table of Contents
Contributors, ixAcknowledgements, xi
PART I INTRODUCTION, 1
1 Introduction: Why novel ecosystems?, 3 RICHARD J. HOBBS, ERIC S. HIGGS AND CAROL M. HALL
PART II WHAT ARE NOVEL ECOSYSTEMS?, 9
2 Case Study: Hole-in-the-donut, everglades, 11 JOHN J. EWEL
3 Towards a conceptual framework for novel ecosystems, 16 LAUREN M. HALLETT, RACHEL J. STANDISH, KRISTIN B. HULVEY, MARK R. GARDENER, KATHARINE N. SUDING, BRIAN M. STARZOMSKI, STEPHEN D. MURPHY AND JAMES A. HARRIS
4 Islands: Where novelty is the norm, 29 JOHN J. EWEL, JOSEPH MASCARO, CHRISTOPH KUEFFER, ARIEL E. LUGO, LORI LACH AND MARK R. GARDENER
5 Origins of the novel ecosystems concept, 45 JOSEPH MASCARO, JAMES A. HARRIS, LORI LACH, ALLEN THOMPSON, MICHAEL P. PERRING, DAVID M. RICHARDSON AND ERLE C. ELLIS
6 Defining novel ecosystems, 58 RICHARD J. HOBBS, ERIC S. HIGGS AND CAROL M. HALL
PART III WHAT WE KNOW (AND DON’T KNOW) ABOUT NOVEL ECOSYSTEMS, 61
7 Perspective: Ecological novelty is not new, 63 STEPHEN T. JACKSON
8 The extent of novel ecosystems: Long in time and broad in space, 66 MICHAEL P. PERRING AND ERLE C. ELLIS
9 Case study: Geographic distribution and level of novelty of Puerto Rican Forests, 81 SEBASTIÁN MARTINUZZI, ARIEL E. LUGO, THOMAS J. BRANDEIS AND EILEEN H. HELMER
10 Novel ecosystems and climate change, 88 BRIAN M. STARZOMSKI
11 Plant invasions as builders and shapers of novel ecosystems, 102 DAVID M. RICHARDSON AND MIRIJAM GAERTNER
12 Infectious disease and novel ecosystems, 114 LAITH YAKOB
Infectious disease and the novel Caribbean coral reef, 118 LAITH YAKOB AND PETER J. MUMBY
13 Case study: Do feedbacks from the soil biota secure novelty in ecosystems?, 124 JAMES A. HARRIS
14 Fauna and novel ecosystems, 127 PATRICIA L. KENNEDY, LORI LACH, ARIEL E. LUGO AND RICHARD J. HOBBS
15 Case study: Ecosystem transformations along the Colorado Front Range: Prairie dog interactions with multiple components of global environmental change, 142 TIMOTHY R. SEASTEDT, LAUREL M. HARTLEY AND JESSE B. NIPPERT
16 Perspective: Plus ça change, plus c’est la meme chose, 150 STEPHEN D. MURPHY
PART IV WHEN AND HOW TO INTERVENE, 153
17 Perspective: From rivets to rivers, 155 JOSEPH MASCARO
18 Incorporating novel ecosystems into management frameworks, 157 KRISTIN B. HULVEY, RACHEL J. STANDISH, LAUREN M. HALLETT, BRIAN M. STARZOMSKI, STEPHEN D. MURPHY, CARA R. NELSON, MARK R. GARDENER, PATRICIA L. KENNEDY, TIMOTHY R. SEASTEDT AND KATHARINE N. SUDING
19 The management framework in practice – making decisions in AtlanticCanadian Meadows: Chasing the elusive reference state, 172 STEPHEN D. MURPHY
20 The management framework in practice – prairie dogs at the urban interface: Conservation solutions when ecosystem change drivers are beyond the scope of management actions, 176 TIMOTHY R. SEASTEDT
21 The management framework in practice – how social barriers contribute to novel ecosystem maintenance: Managing reindeer populations on St George Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska, 180 KRISTIN B. HULVEY
22 The management framework in practice – can’t see the wood for the trees: The changing management of the novel Miconia–Cinchona ecosystem in the humid highlands of Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, 185 MARK R. GARDENER
23 The management framework in practice – designer wetlands as novel ecosystems, 189 STEPHEN D. MURPHY
24 Characterizing novel ecosystems: Challenges for measurement, 192 JAMES A. HARRIS, STEPHEN D. MURPHY, CARA R. NELSON, MICHAEL P. PERRING AND PEDRO M. TOGNETTI
25 Case study: Novelty measurement in pampean grasslands, 205 PEDRO M. TOGNETTI
26 Plant materials for novel ecosystems, 212 THOMAS A. JONES
27 Case study: Management of novel ecosystems in the Seychelles, 228 CHRISTOPH KUEFFER, KATY BEAVER AND JAMES MOUGAL
28 Perspective: Moving to the dark side, 239 PATRICIA L. KENNEDY
PART V HOW DO WE APPRECIATE NOVEL ECOSYSTEMS?, 243
29 Perspective: Coming of age in a trash forest, 245 EMMA MARRIS
30 Engaging the public in novel ecosystems, 247 LAURIE YUNG, STEVE SCHWARZE, WYLIE CARR, F. STUART CHAPIN III AND EMMA MARRIS
31 Valuing novel ecosystems, 257 ANDREW LIGHT, ALLEN THOMPSON AND ERIC S. HIGGS
32 Case study: A rocky novel ecosystem: Industrial origins to conservation concern, 269 MICHAEL P. PERRING
33 The policy context: Building laws and rules that embrace novelty, 272 PETER BRIDGEWATER AND LAURIE YUNG
34 Perspective: Lake Burley Griffin, 284 PETER BRIDGEWATER
35 Case study: Shale bings in central Scotland: From ugly blots on the landscape to cultural and biological heritage, 286 BARBRA A. HARVIE AND RICHARD J. HOBBS
PART VI WHAT’S NEXT?, 291
36 Perspective: A tale of two natures, 293 ERIC S. HIGGS
37 Concerns about novel ecosystems, 296 RACHEL J. STANDISH, ALLEN THOMPSON, ERIC S. HIGGS AND STEPHEN D. MURPHY
38 Novel urban ecosystems and ecosystem services, 310 MICHAEL P. PERRING, PETE MANNING, RICHARD J. HOBBS, ARIEL E. LUGO, CRISTINA E. RAMALHO AND RACHEL J. STANDISH
39 Ecosystem stewardship as a framework for conservation in a directionally changing world, 326 TIMOTHY R. SEASTEDT, KATHARINE N. SUDING AND F. STUART CHAPIN III
40 Case study: Novel socio-ecological systems in the North: Potential pathways toward ecological and societal resilience, 334 F. STUART CHAPIN III, MARTIN D. ROBARDS, JILL F. JOHNSTONE, TREVOR C. LANTZ AND STEVEN V. KOKELJ
41 Perspective: Is Everything a novel ecosystem? If so, do we need the concept?, 345 EMMA MARRIS, JOSEPH MASCARO AND ERLE C. ELLIS
PART VII SYNTHESIS AND CONCLUSIONS, 351
42 What do we know about, and what do we do about, novel ecosystems?, 353 RICHARD J. HOBBS, ERIC S. HIGGS AND CAROL M. HALL
Index, 361