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logging, 6, 19, 23, 72
Lolium, 91
Lotus, 91
Louisiana, 171
lucerne (alfalfa), 78
Lupinus, 29–30, 47, 57
manipulation (see succession: manipulation)
Markov processes, 7
Medicago (see lucerne)
Mediterranean climate, 72
Melilotus, 57
Menyanthes, 91
metapopulations, 141
microbes (see soil biota)
microsites (see also safe-sites), 27–28, 33
Mimosa, 11
mineralization (see nutrient cycling)
mines, iv, 10, 22–24, 34, 127–129, 134, 140, 169,
173
moas, 53
models, 7–8, 139
Mojave Desert, 31
Molinia, 134
monitoring, 32, 140, 172–174
mosaic, 19, 21, 28, 36, 74, 162, 177
moss, 30, 53–54, 90
Mount St. Helens, 25, 27–29, 47
mowing, 34, 94, 103–107, 111
mycorrhizae, 10, 47–49, 59–61, 175
Myosotis, 91
Myrica, 57
nematodes, 59–60
Neobuxbaumia, 11
The Netherlands, 21, 90, 108, 135
New Zealand, 45, 50–53, 90
nitrogen, 10, 100, 108, 111, 115, 133, 177
nitrogen deposition, 31, 49, 156
nitrogen fixation, 29, 47, 54, 55, 57–60, 62, 78
North America, 135, 137, 158
novel ecosystems, 12, 162, 169
nucleation, 26
null models (see succession: models)
nurse plants, 24, 27–28, 30, 134, 141, 156, 175
nutrient cycling, 20, 47–48, 54, 58, 71, 81, 92–93, 102, 108,
114, 177
Odum, 151
orientor theory, 91–92
Panama, 32
patch dynamics, 141
peatlands (see fens)
Phalaris, 98, 102
phosphorus, 9, 58–60, 108, 111, 133, 135
Phragmites, 98, 131, 135, 137
Picea, 11, 54–56, 131, 136
Pinus, 26, 54, 58, 128, 131, 134–136, 139
plant-soil interactions, 5, 45–63
plant strategies, 20
Pleistocene glaciations, 71
Poa,91
pollination, 7–8, 10
Populus, 131, 135
potassium, 111, 133
predation, 23–24
priority effects, 5, 7, 35, 156
productivity, 20, 22, 92, 121, 138, 140
Prosopis, 138
Prunus, 28
Pteridium, 123, 134–135
Puerto Rico, 10, 177
Quercus, 28, 131, 135, 139
Index 189
r-selection, 47
Ranunculus, 91
reallocation, 3, 6
reclamation, 3, 6, 26, 50, 122, 127–129, 138–140
reductionism, 5
reference systems, 169–170
refugia, 124, 128
rehabilitation, 3, 6, 150, 173
rescue effect, 36
resilience, 2, 11, 156, 162
restoration
acid test, vii
and disturbance, 31, 150–163
bottlenecks (see bottlenecks)
constraints, 4, 8–9
definition, 5–6
engineering, 78–79, 140, 173
environmental drivers, 3
goals, 4, 8, 19–20, 33–34, 69, 110, 124–125, 133, 139,
141, 150, 169, 174, 177
indicators of success, 2, 172
inertia, 162
information needed, 2
links with succession, 7, 8, 141, 157–163, 168–178
monitoring (see monitoring)
non-linear dynamics, 162
phases, 34, 174
pilot studies, 33
predictability, 21
reference systems (see reference systems)
scale, 4, 6, 122, 150, 161, 163
scientific framework, vii
self-sustainable dynamics, 160
species additions, 61
species removals, 61
targets (see restoration: goals)
theoretical basis, 2, 6
Rhododendron, 134–135
riparian, 36, 138
Robinia, 131–132, 139
roots, 45, 59–60, 83, 85
ruderals, 132, 134, 137, 170