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Using ecosystem engineers to restore ecological systems.

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Byers, JE; Cuddington, K; Jones, CG; Talley, TS; Hastings, A; Lambrinos, JG; Crooks, JA; Wilson, WG
Published in: Trends in ecology & evolution
September 2006

Ecosystem engineers affect other organisms by creating, modifying, maintaining or destroying habitats. Despite widespread recognition of these often important effects, the ecosystem engineering concept has yet to be widely used in ecological applications. Here, we present a conceptual framework that shows how consideration of ecosystem engineers can be used to assess the likelihood of restoration of a system to a desired state, the type of changes necessary for successful restoration and how restoration efforts can be most effectively partitioned between direct human intervention and natural ecosystem engineers.

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Trends in ecology & evolution

DOI

EISSN

1872-8383

ISSN

0169-5347

Publication Date

September 2006

Volume

21

Issue

9

Start / End Page

493 / 500

Related Subject Headings

  • Models, Theoretical
  • Evolutionary Biology
  • Ecosystem
  • Ecology
  • 41 Environmental sciences
  • 31 Biological sciences
  • 06 Biological Sciences
  • 05 Environmental Sciences
 

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Byers, J. E., Cuddington, K., Jones, C. G., Talley, T. S., Hastings, A., Lambrinos, J. G., … Wilson, W. G. (2006). Using ecosystem engineers to restore ecological systems. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 21(9), 493–500. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2006.06.002
Byers, James E., Kim Cuddington, Clive G. Jones, Theresa S. Talley, Alan Hastings, John G. Lambrinos, Jeffrey A. Crooks, and William G. Wilson. “Using ecosystem engineers to restore ecological systems.Trends in Ecology & Evolution 21, no. 9 (September 2006): 493–500. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2006.06.002.
Byers JE, Cuddington K, Jones CG, Talley TS, Hastings A, Lambrinos JG, et al. Using ecosystem engineers to restore ecological systems. Trends in ecology & evolution. 2006 Sep;21(9):493–500.
Byers, James E., et al. “Using ecosystem engineers to restore ecological systems.Trends in Ecology & Evolution, vol. 21, no. 9, Sept. 2006, pp. 493–500. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.tree.2006.06.002.
Byers JE, Cuddington K, Jones CG, Talley TS, Hastings A, Lambrinos JG, Crooks JA, Wilson WG. Using ecosystem engineers to restore ecological systems. Trends in ecology & evolution. 2006 Sep;21(9):493–500.
Journal cover image

Published In

Trends in ecology & evolution

DOI

EISSN

1872-8383

ISSN

0169-5347

Publication Date

September 2006

Volume

21

Issue

9

Start / End Page

493 / 500

Related Subject Headings

  • Models, Theoretical
  • Evolutionary Biology
  • Ecosystem
  • Ecology
  • 41 Environmental sciences
  • 31 Biological sciences
  • 06 Biological Sciences
  • 05 Environmental Sciences