Chapter 15. Climate Change and Paleoecology: New Contexts for Restoration Ecology

Connie I. Millar; Linda B. Brubaker

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Chapter 15. Climate Change and Paleoecology: New Contexts for Restoration Ecology

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Connie I. Millar, Linda B. Brubaker

Year:

2006

Type:

Miscellaneous Publication

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

In: Palmer, M.; Falk, D.; Zedler, J. (eds). Restoration Science. Island Press: p 315-340

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Abstract

In this chapter, we explore linkages between two fields that have been little acquainted yet have much to say to one another: restoration ecology and climatology. The limited discourse between these fields is surprising. In the last two decades there have been significant theoretical breakthroughs and a proliferation of research on historical climate and climate-related sciences that have led to an overhaul of our understanding of Earth’s climate system (Smith and Uppenbrink 2001). These new insights are relevant to restoration and ecology—so much so that fuller understanding could trigger rethinking of fundamental principles.

Citation

Millar, Constance I.; Brubaker, Linda B. 2006. Chapter 15. Climate Change and Paleoecology: New Contexts for Restoration Ecology. In: Palmer, M.; Falk, D.; Zedler, J. (eds). Restoration Science. Island Press: p 315-340