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Vicky M. Temperton

Vicky M. Temperton is a plant ecologist at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena, Germany.

Assembly Rules and Restoration Ecology

Assembly Rules and Restoration Ecology

Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice

Understanding how ecosystems are assembled -- how the species that make up a particular biological community arrive in an area, survive, and interact with other species -- is key to successfully restoring degraded ecosystems. Yet little attention has been paid to the idea of assembly rules in ecological restoration,
in both the scientific literature and in on-the-ground restoration efforts.

Assembly Rules and Restoration Ecology, edited by Vicky M. Temperton, Richard J.