Restoration ecology and sustainable development / edited by Krystyna M. Urbanska, Nigel R. Webb, and Peter J. Edwards.

Papers from a conference sponsored by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, and others.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why restoration? / Krystyna M. Urbanska, Nigel R. Webb, Peter J. Edwards -- What do we mean by restoration? / Anthony D. Bradshaw -- Restoration as an ecosystem process : implications of the modern ecological paradigm / V. Thomas Parker, Steward T.A. Pickett -- Importance of soil ecology in restoration science / Anthony D. Bradshaw -- Soil micro-organisms, mycorrhiza, and restoration ecology / Kurt Haselwandter -- Safe sites : interface of plant population ecology and restoration ecology / Krystyna M. Urbanska -- Role of plant-animal mutualisms in the design and restoration of natural communities / Steven N. Handel -- Development of criteria for ecological restoration / Nigel R. Webb -- Restoring alpine ecosystems in the western United States : environmental constraints, disturbance characteristics, and restoration success / Jeanne C. Chambers -- Restoration of eroded areas in Iceland / Sigurºur H. Magnâusson -- Invertebrates assist the restoration process : an Australian perspective / Jonathan D. Majer -- Terrestrial arthropods as ecological indicators of habitat restoration in southwestern North America / Kathy S. Williams -- Tidal wetlands restoration and creation along the east coast of North America / William A. Niering -- Options for restoration and management of coastal salt marshes in Europe / Jan P. Bakker ... [et al.] -- Ecological engineering and sustainable development / Peter J. Edwards, Cyrus Abivardi -- Ecological restoration, the magnitude of the challenge : an outsider's view / Michael J. Clark -- Restoration ecology : science, technology, and society / Peter J. Edwards ... [et al.].