Protected Land : Disturbance, Stress, and American Ecosystem Management - Spieles, Douglas J.; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010)
Preface -- Four Ecosystems, Four Questions; Oak Openings, Ohio; Kissimmee River, Florida; Tallgrass Prairie, Kansas; Six Rivers National Forest, California; Four Questions -- Part 1: Ecosystems in Theory -- The Ecosystem Idea and Ideal; Preservation, Conservation, and Ecology; Gleason and Individualism; Leopoldian Preservation and Conservation; Hutchinson, Holism, and Individualism; The New Ecology; Preservation of the Ideal; Toward an Ecosystem Approach to Management -- A Thing is Right; The Adaptive Cycle; Diversity, Stability, Health and Integrity -- Disturbance, Stress, and Resilience; Disturbance; Resilience; Complications of Stress -- Invasion; Colonization and Succession; Factors of Colonization; Nonnative Invaders; Passengers and Drivers; Ecosystem Function and Service; Ecosystem Service and Invasion; Eradication; A Conservation Dilemma -- Part 2: Ecosystems in Practice -- Very Small Ecosystems; Microbial Ecosystems; Biofilms as Model Ecosystems; Biofilms as Patches; Micro- and Macro-Ecosystems -- Forested Ecosystems; The Forest Sanctuary; The Monongahela Experiment; Wilderness Management; Healthy Forests; Unmanaged Forest Succession -- Grassland Ecosystems -- Grasslands, Short and Tall; Prairie Restoration and Umbrella Species; Land Trust Grasslands -- Freshwater Ecosystems; Wetlands; Lakes; Rivers -- Saltwater Ecosystems; Intertidal Ecosystems; Subtidal Ecosystems; Deeper Water -- Protecting the Shifting Quilt; Holism, Strong and Weak; The Four Horsemen Revisited; Along the Continuum; Protecting the Shifting Quilt -- Index.
Keywords: Environmental management; Conservation biology; Ecology .; Environmental Management; Conservation Biology/Ecology.