Links between community ecology theory and ecological restoration are on the rise

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 570-581

  Wainwright, Claire E ^a,b   Staples, Timothy L ^a,c   Charles, Lachlan S ^a   Flanagan, Thomas C ^a   Lai, Hao Ran ^d,e   Loy, Xingwen ^a,f   Reynolds, Victoria A ^a   Mayfield, Margaret M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e YALE NUS COLLEGE   (Singapore)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

applied ecology; community assembly; community ecology; ecosystem management; practitioner; restoration design; restoration ecology; succession theory; theoretical ecology

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; LITERATURE REVIEW; SUCCESSION;

EID: 85041963876     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12975     Document Type: Review

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