Applying Environmental History to Ecological Restoration: A Case Study from Zion National Park
Steen-Adams M. 2002. Applying Environmental History to Ecological Restoration: A Case Study from Zion National Park. Ecological Restoration. 20(4):252–261
Recent restoration ecology research has embraced the idea of looking to the past to increase the understanding of ecosystems and to guide restoration goals (Swetnam and others 1999, Egan and Howell 2001; also see Christensen 1989). Historical analysis can help restorationists in several ways. Ecological legacies of past disturbance events often persist years after their occurrence, and continue to shape ecosystem composition and processes into the present. Historical data also helps ecologists to define a site's historic range of variablity, or the way that ecological patterns and processes have fluctuated through time.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Steen-Adams, Michelle
- Units
- BIBE , ZION
- Keywords
- Ecological Restoration, ecological surveys