Conceptual frameworks and references for landscape-scale restoration: Reflecting back and looking forward

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 188-200

  Aronson, James ^a   Blignaut, James N ^b,c   Aronson, Thibaud B ^a  

^a MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENTAL OBSERVATION NETWORK   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Historical continuity; holistic ecological restoration; landscape approach; reference system; restorative activities; restoring natural capital; scaling up

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028396720     PISSN: 00266493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3417/2017003     Document Type: Article

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