Authors:
Ehrenfeld, J.G. and L.A. Toth
Publication Date:
1997
Abstract/Summary:
The ecosystem perspective provides a framework within which most other aspects of the ecology of restoration can be incorporated. By considering the ecosystem functions of a restoration project, the restorationist is forced to consider the placement of the project in the landscape—its boundaries, its connections or lack thereof to adjoining ecosystems, and its receipts and losses of materials and energy from its physical surroundings. These characteristics may set limits on the kind(s) of biotic communities that can be created on the site. The ecosystem perspective also gives restorationists conceptual tools for structuring and evaluating restorations.
Resource Type:
Peer-reviewed Article
Source:
Restoration Ecology
Link:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227710455_Restoration_Ecology_and_the_Ecosystem_Perspective