The historical reference in restoration ecology: Re-defining a cornerstone concept

Biological Conservation

Volumn 176, Issue , 2014, Pages 12-20

  Balaguer, Luis ^a   Escudero, Adrián ^b   Martín Duque, José F ^c   Mola, Ignacio ^d   Aronson, James ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^d SA (OHL)   (Spain)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological memory; Ecosystem trajectory; Geoarchaeology; Geomorphological reference; Historical continuity; Sequential reference model

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HISTORICAL RECORD; LANDSCAPE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

PERU; SPAIN;

EID: 84901427202     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.05.007     Document Type: Review

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