Talk:Restoration ecology
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I am currently writing a more complete and up-to-date entry for restoration ecology including; historical and theoretical development, discussions of the ecological conceptual foundation, ecological concepts that are unique to restoration ecology and ethical considerations. Also I would like to propose a split between the applied ecological restoration and the theoretical restoration ecology. Restorer 05:37, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
This is my first Wiki post so please help me edit. --Restorer 05:17, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
I would include a section on edge dynamics and the importance of buffers, particularly in urbarn restoration efforts. This may be appropriate to "applied restoration ecology".
(I will see about editing once I can gather some resources together)Antje23 19:42, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
Restorer- wonderful page! I changed your pros and cons to arguments and rebuttals. I'm a biology and environmental science double major at william and mary, and I'm extremely interested in restoration ecology. Will you specify an email address for your account? I won't see your email address, its all done through wikipedia to preserve anonymity. I would appreciate any advice you have for someone like me... Aozeba 07:47, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
Thank you Aozeba, my email is now available. I am looking for a good site that lays out the educational opportunities in restoration. --Restorer 05:36, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for posting the educational opportunities section. Although I have not been able to contact you through Wikipedia, the links are very helpful. (128.239.146.209 02:54, 6 December 2006 (UTC))
Great intorduction to Restoration Ecology. The begining is very well referenced. I like it. It would be good to have a Ecological Restoration page with some good case studies on it. The "Global Restortion Network" is a good link to put on as well. I cant grab it at the moment though.Anyway, i added a couple of links from the UK so we're represented on the page :) .
I was wondering if it would be worth putting in a little about the changing definitions of ecological restoration? Harris et al (1996) state the SER definition (old one which has changed a couple of times since, see later) as " the repairing of damage caused by humans to the diversity and dynamics of indigenous ecosytems". THis has problems due to the differences of human influences and the words "indigenous ecosytem" as applied in Europe and else where globally. The SER primer (2001) became "the process of assisting the recovery of an ecosystem that has become degraded, damaged or destroyed", which is very useful in application but many people felt it was not strict enough. It then gets to the definition mentioned in the text (SER primer 2004). A stricter definition could be "the process by which an area is returned to its original state prior to degredation of any sort, i.e. back to a fully functioning self-sustaining ecosystem" (Harris et al, 1996). Strict definitions like this, which can even get into strict genetic restoration as well, have quite a following in North America, but have fewer supporters in Europe. (this argument needs references that are about) THis could be becasuse of the levels of human influence present in the ecosystems. (note that many North AMerican ecosystems had been modified my indiginous people before the Europeans came, and this state can often be viewed as "original state". THis part could also mention the problems of defining the "original state", and how the definitions need to be practical, so that restoration ecology and ecological restoration have an actual utility. This allows actual goals, targets, adn objectives not only to be ste, but also the process to be set whereby they are acieved through good ER project management.
Kipple2020 16:23, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
The article was very helpful, but it seems the following statement is blatantly false: "Also, conservation biology has organisms, and not entire ecosystems and their functions, as its focus, and therefore has limited goals and aims." It seems rather that restoration ecology has a greater tendency to holism. Certainly many are concerned to conserve functioning ecosystems, and may are concerned to restore habitat for particular species. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Herpetophilosopher (talk • contribs)
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