Primary Succession and Ecosystem Rehabilitation (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521800761)

This volume provides the first comprehensive summary of how plant, animal, and microbial communities develop under the harsh conditions following dramatic natural disturbances. The authors examine the basic principles that determine ecosystem development and apply the general rules to the urgent practical need for promoting the reclamation of damaged lands. Written for ecologists concerned with disturbance, landscape dynamics, restoration, life histories, invasions, modeling, soil formation and community or population dynamics, this book also serves as an authoritative text for graduate students and as a valuable reference for professionals involved in land management.

Author: Lawrence R. Walker, Roger del Moral, Roger Del Moral
ISBN-10: 0521800765
ISBN-13: 9780521800761
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/13/2003
Pages: 458
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.19d