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Title:

Foundations of ecological resilience / edited by Lance H. Gunderson, Craig R. Allen, and C.S. Holling.

Publisher:

Island Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xxv, 466 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Ecosystem management.
Ecosystem health.

Other Authors:

Gunderson, Lance H.
Allen, Craig R.
Holling, C. S.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Article 6: ecological resilience, biodiversity, and scale / Garry Peterson, Craig R. Allen, and C.S. Holling. Part one: concepts and theory Commentary on part one articles / Craig R. Allen, Lance H. Gunderson, and C.S. Holling -- Article 1: resilience and stability of ecological systems / C.S. Holling -- Article 2: engineering resilience versus ecological resilience / C.S. Holling -- Article 3: the resilience of terrestrial ecosystems: local surprise and global change / C.S. Holling -- Article 4: regime shifts, resilience, and biodiversity in ecosystem management / Carl Folke, Steve Carpenter, Brian Walker, Marten Scheffer, Thomas Elmqvist, Lance Gunderson, and C.S. Holling -- Article 5: biological diversity, ecosystems, and the human scale / Carl Folke, C.S. Holling, and Charles Perrings -- Article 6: ecological resilience, biodiversity, and scale / Garry Peterson, Craig R. Allen, and C.S. Holling.
Part two: ecological examples Article 9: body mass patterns predict invasions and extinctions in transforming landscapes / Craig R. Allen, Elizabeth A. Forys, and C.S. Holling. Article 7: catastrophes, phase shifts, and large-scale degradation of a Caribbean coral reef / Terence P. Hughes -- Article 8: sea otters and kelp forests in Alaska: generality and variation in a community ecological paradigm / James A. Estes and David O. Duggins -- Article 9: body mass patterns predict invasions and extinctions in transforming landscapes / Craig R. Allen, Elizabeth A. Forys, and C.S. Holling.
Part three: empirics and models Conclusion: the evolution of an idea - the past, present, and future of ecological resilience / Lance H. Gunderson, C.S. Holling, and Craig R. Allen. Article 10: resource science: the nurture of an infant / C.S. Holling and A.D. Chambers -- Article 11: lessons for ecological policy design: a case study of ecosystem management / William C. Clark, Dixon D. Jones, and C.S. Holling -- Article 12: qualitative analysis of insect outbreak systems: the spruce budworm and forest / D. Ludwig, D.D. Jones, and C.S. Holling -- Conclusion: the evolution of an idea - the past, present, and future of ecological resilience / Lance H. Gunderson, C.S. Holling, and Craig R. Allen.

ISBN:

159726511X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781597265119 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1597265101 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781597265102 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)269282254

LCCN:

2008048428

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)