Resources

Introduction to Restoration Ecology

ESRM 362 / ENVIR 263 / CFR 590D / CFR 590F

Want to dig deeper?  Here are some additional resources (books, journals, and organizations) to get you started.

WRITING HELP CENTERS

Information about writing help centers is available here.

BOOKS

(most available at the Miller Library and/or other UW libraries)

General:

Anderson, M.K. 2005. Tending the wild: Native American knowledge and the management of California's natural resources. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.

Aronson, J., S.J. Milton, and J.N. Blignaut. 2007. Restoring natural capital: science, business, and practice. Island Press, Washington, DC.

Bowles, M.L., and C.J. Whelan. 1994. Restoration of endangered species: conceptual issues, planning, and implementation. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

Cairns, Jr., J. 1995. Rehabilitating damaged ecosystems. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, FL.

Clewell, A.F., and J. Aronson. 2007. Ecological restoration: principles, values, and structure of an emerging profession. Island Press, Washington, DC.

Egan, D., and E.A. Howell. 2005. The historical ecology handbook: A restorationist's guide to reference ecosystems. Island Press, Washington, DC.

Friederici, P. 2006. Nature's restoration: people and places on the front lines of conservation. Island Press, Washington, DC.

Gilbert, O.L., and P. Anderson. 1998. Habitat creation and repair. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.

Gobster, P.H., and R.B. Hull. 2000. Restoring nature: perspectives from the social sciences and humanities. Island Press, Washington, DC.

Hall, M. 2005. Earth repair: a transatlantic history of environmental restoration. University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville, VA.

Harker, D., G. Libby, K. Harker, S. Evans, and M. Evans. 1999. Landscape restoration handbook. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, FL.

Jordan III, W.R., M.E. Gilpin, and J.D. Aber. 1987. Restoration ecology: a synthetic approach to ecological research. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

Leopold, A. 1948. A Sand County almanac. Oxford University Press, London, UK.

Mills, S. 1995. In service of the wild: restoring and reinhabiting damaged land. Beacon Press, Boston, MA.

Mitsch, W.J., and S.E. Jorgensen. 2004. Ecological engineering and ecosystem restoration. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ.

Morrison, M.L. 2002. Wildlife restoration: techniques for habitat analysis and animal monitoring. Island Press, Washington, DC.

Perrow, M.R., and A.J. Davy. 2002. Handbook of ecological restoration. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

SER. 2004. The SER International Primer on Ecological Restoration, Society for Ecological Restoration International Science & Policy Working Group. Society for Ecological Restoration International, Tucson, AZ.

van Andel, J., and J. Aronson (editors). 2003. Restoration ecology: the new frontier. Blackwell Publishing, Malden, MA.

Philosophy:

Elliot, R. 1997. Faking nature: the ethics of environmental restoration. Routledge, London, UK.

Higgs, E. 2003. Nature by design: people, natural process, and ecological restoration. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.

Jordan III, W.R. 2003. The sunflower forest: ecological restoration and the new communion with nature. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.

Throop, W. (editor). 2000. Environmental restoration: ethics, theory, and practice. Humanity Books, Amherst, NY.

Restoration ECOLOGY:

Falk, D.A., M.A. Palmer, and J.B. Zedler (editors). 2006. Foundations of restoration ecology. Island Press, Washington, DC.

Temperton, V.M., R.J. Hobbs, T. Nuttle, and S. Halle (editors). 2004. Assembly rules and restoration ecology: bridging the gap between theory and practice. Island Press, Washington, DC.

Walker, L.R., J. Walker, and R.J. Hobbs. Linking restoration and ecological succession. Springer.

Whisenant, S.G. 1999. Repairing damaged wildlands: a process-orientated, landscape-scale approach. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

Ecosystem-specific:

Apostol, D., and M. Sinclair (editors). 2006. Restoring the Pacific Northwest: the art and science of ecological restoration in Cascadia. Island Press, Washington, DC.

Bainbridge, D.A. 2007. A guide for desert and dryland restoration : new hope for arid lands. Island Press, Washington, DC.

Chambers, J.C., and J.R. Miller (editors). 2004. Great Basin riparian ecosystems: ecology, management, and restoration. Island Press, Washington, DC.

Cramer, V.A., and R.J. Hobbs. 2007. Old fields: dynamics and restoration of abandoned farmland. Island Press, Washington, DC.

Friederici, P. (editor). 2003. Ecological restoration of southwestern ponderosa pine forests. Island Press, Washington, DC.

Galatowitsch, S.M., and A. van der Valk. 1994. Restoring prairie wetlands: an ecological approach. Iowa State University Press, Ames, IA.

Garbisch, E.W. 2002. The dos and don'ts of wetland construction: creation, restoration, and enhancement. Environmental Concern, St. Michael's, MD.

Kurtz, C. 2001. A practical guide to prairie reconstruction. University of Iowa Press, Iowa City, IA.

Mansourian, S., D. Vallauri, and N. Dudley (editors). 2005. Forest restoration in landscapes: beyond planting trees. Springer, New York, NY.

Montgomery, D.R., S. Bolton, D.B. Booth, and L. Wall (editors). 2003. Restoration of Puget Sound rivers. University of Washington Press, Seattle, WA.

Packard, S., and C.F. Mutel (editors). 2005. The tallgrass restoration handbook: for prairies, savannas, and woodlands. Island Press, Washington, DC.

Riley, A.L. 1998. Restoring streams in cities: a guide for planners, policymakers, and citizens. Island Press, Washington, DC.

Sauer, L.J. 1998. The once and future forest: a guide to forest restoration strategies. Island Press, Washington, DC.

Shirley, S. 1997. Restoring the tallgrass prairie: an illustrated manual for Iowa and the upper Midwest. University of Iowa Press, Iowa City, IA.

Stevens, M.L., and R. Vanbianchi. 1993. Restoring wetlands in Washington: a guidebook for wetland restoration, planning, and implementation. Washington State Department of Ecology, Olympia, WA.

JOURNALS

(* indicates those in the Miller Library; most others are available on-line through UW Libraries)

Conservation Biology

Ecological Applications

Ecological Management & Restoration (from Australia)

*Ecological Restoration (formerly Restoration & Management Notes)

Forest Ecology and Management

Journal of Applied Ecology

*Native Plants Journal (http://www.nativeplantnetwork.org/journal/)

Restoration Ecology

Electronic databases that can be used to begin searching scientific journals can be found at:

http://www.lib.washington.edu/natsci/

Guides for conducting library research

http://www.lib.washington.edu/natsci/guides/research/default.html

http://www.lib.washington.edu/uwill/research101/

ORGANIZATIONS

EarthCorps - http://www.earthcorps.org/

Ecological Society of America - http://www.esa.org/

Seattle Parks and Recreation - http://www.seattle.gov/parks/

Seattle Urban Nature - http://www.seattleurbannature.org/

Society for Conservation Biology - http://www.conbio.org/

Society for Ecological Restoration International - http://www.ser.org/

Northwest Chapter - http://www.ser.org/sernw/default.asp

UW Student Guild - http://students.washington.edu/seruw/

University of Washington Restoration Ecology Network - http://depts.washington.edu/uwren/

Washington Native Plants Society - http://www.wnps.org/