ENVS200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Restoration Ecology, Ecosystem Services
20 Mar 2016
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Ecological restoration: the process of assisting the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged, or destroyed. Restoration ecology: the discipline of scientific inquiry dealing with the restoration of ecosystems. Reasons for restoration: atonement, ecosystem services, biodiversity protection, reconnection with nature, conservation of key species. Restoration attempts to restore an ecosystem to its historical trajectory based on a reference ecosystem. Restoration is a young discipline with many unanswered questions and on-going challenges. Novel ecosystems: ecosystems that differ in composition and/or function from past or present ecosystems, no-analog systems.
