Old fields
Subtitle: dynamics and restoration of abandoned farmland
By: edited by Viki A. Cramer and Richard J. Hobbs.
Contributors: Cramer, Viki A.; Hobbs, R. J.; Society for Ecological Restoration International.
Series: The science and practice of ecological restoration
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9781597260749; 9781597260756
Subjects: Abandoned farms; Reclamation of land; Restoration ecology
Notes: "Society for Ecological Restoration International."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Why old fields? : the socioeconomic and ecological causes and consequences of land abandonment / Richard J. Hobbs and Viki A. Cramer; title: pt. 1. Old fields and the development of ecological concepts; title: 2. Old field succession : development of concepts / Richard J. Hobbs and Lawrence R. Walker; title: 3. Old fields as complex systems : new concepts for describing the dynamics of abandoned farmland / Viki A. Cramer; title: pt. 2. Case studies from around the world; title: 4. Implications of land use history for natural forest regeneration and restoration strategies in Puerto Rico / Jess K. Zimmerman, T. Mitchell Aide, and Ariel E. Lugo; title: 5. Processes affecting succession in old fields of Brazilian Amazonia / Gislene Ganade; title: 6. Old field vegetation succession in the neotropics / Karen D. Holl; title: 7. Patterns and processes of old field reforestation in Australian rain forest landscapes / Peter D. Erskine, Carla P. Catterall, David Lamb, and John Kanowski; title: 8. Succession on the Piedmont of New Jersey and its implications for ecological restoration / Scott J. Meiners, Mary L. Cadenasso, and Steward T.A. Pickett; title: 9. Succession and restoration in Michigan old field communities / Katherine L. Gross and Sarah M. Emery; title: 10. Old field succession in central Europe : local and regional patterns / Karel Prach, Jan Lepš, and Marcel Rejmánek; title: 11. Dynamics and restoration of abandoned farmland and other old fields in southern France / Pascal Marty, James Aronson, and Jacques Lepart; title: 12. Land abandonment and old field dynamics in Greece / Vasilios P. Papanastasis; title: 13. Old field dynamics on the dry side of the Mediterranean Basin : patterns and processes in semiarid southeast Spain / Andreu Bonet and Juli G. Pausas; title: 14. Restoration of old fields in Renosterveld : a case study in a Mediterranean-type shrubland of South Africa / Cornelia B. Krug and Rainer M. Krug; title: 15. Prospects for the recovery of native vegetation in western Australian old fields / Viki A. Cramer, Rachel J. Standish, and Richard J. Hobbs; title: pt. 3. Synthesis : old field dynamics and restoration; title: 16. Old field dynamics : regional and local differences, and lessons for ecology and restoration / Richard J. Hobbs and Viki A. Cramer.