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Introduction to Restoration Ecology

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Restoration ecology is an interdisciplinary field of research that builds on the concepts and foundations of ecology and makes use of other disciplines of the natural and social sciences in both theory and practice. After a brief historical overview of restoration ecology or ecosystem restoration, important basic ecological terms and key concepts, as well as the concepts of ecosystem services and ecosystem degradation, are explained. As a basis for this interdisciplinary textbook, ecosystem restoration is defined to embed the numerous approaches to restoration for Central European ecosystems and land-use systems, respectively, in a comprehensive framework.

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Zerbe, S. (2023). Introduction to Restoration Ecology. In: Restoration of Ecosystems – Bridging Nature and Humans. Springer Spektrum, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-65658-7_1

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