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Title:
Large-scale ecosystem restoration : five case studies from the United States / edited by Mary Doyle and Cynthia A. Drew.
Publisher:
Island Press,
Copyright Date:
c2008
Description:
xiv, 325 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Restoration ecology--United States--Case studies.
Ecosystem management--United States--Case studies.
Watershed restoration--United States--Case studies.
Other Authors:
Doyle, Mary, LL. B.
Drew, Cynthia A.
Society for Ecological Restoration International.
Notes:
"Society for Ecological Restoration International." Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Conclusion: Assessing ecosystem restoration projects / Mary Doyle. Everglades ecology : the impacts of altered hydrology / Thomas L. Crisman -- Rivers of plans for the river of grass : the political economy of Everglades restoration / Stephen Polasky -- Negotiating for endangered and threatened species habitat in the Platte River Basin / David M. Freeman -- Platte River Basin ecology : a three-dimensional approach to adaptive management / Thomas L. Crisman -- Navigating the shoals : costs and benefits of Platte River ecosystem management / Stephen Polasky -- The California-Bay Delta : the challenges of collaboration / David Nawi, Alf W. Brandt -- The ecology of Bay-Delta restoration : an impossible dream? / Thomas L. Crisman -- Water fights : the economics of allocating scarce water and Bay-Delta restoration / Stephen Polasky -- The culture of collaboration in the Chesapeake Bay program / Mary Doyle, Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm -- An ecological perspective on management of the Chesapeake Bay / Thomas L. Crisman -- Murky waters and murky policies : costs and benefits of restoring Chesapeake Bay / Stephen Polasky -- The Upper Mississippi River and the Army Corps of Engineers' new role : will Congress fund ecosystem restoration? / Cynthia A. Drew -- Upper Mississippi restoration ecology : putting theory into practice / Thomas L. Crisman -- Comparing apples and oranges? : costs and benefits of Upper Mississippi River system restoration / Stephen Polasky -- Conclusion: Assessing ecosystem restoration projects / Mary Doyle.
Series:
The science and practice of ecological restoration
ISBN:
1597260266 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781597260268 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1597260258 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781597260251 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)181730469
LCCN:
2007046018
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)
OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

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