Hobbs, Higgs, Hall:

Novel Ecosystems: Intervening in the New Ecological World Order

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Table Of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction: why novel ecosystems?

Chapter 2: Case Study: Hole-in the-Donut, Everglades Ewel

Chapter 3: Towards a conceptual framework for novel ecosystems

Chapter 4: Islands: Where novelty is the norm

Chapter 5: Origins of the novel ecosystems concept

Chapter 6: Call out: Defining novel ecosystems

Chapter 7: Perspective: Ecological novelty isn’t new

Chapter 8: The extent of novel ecosystems: long in time and broad in space

Chapter 9: Case study: Geographic distribution and level of novelty of Puerto Rican forests

Chapter 10: Novel ecosystems and climate change

Chapter 11: Plants invasions as builders and shapers of novel ecosystems

Chapter 12: Infectious disease and novel ecosystems; the novel caribbean coral reef

Chapter 13: Case study: Do feedbacks from the soil biota secure novelty in ecosystems?

Chapter 14: Fauna and novel ecosystems

Chapter 15: Case study: Ecosystem transformations along the Colorado Front Range: Prairie dog interactions with multiple components of global environmental change

Chapter 16: Perspective: Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

Chapter 17: Perspective: From rivets to rivers

Chapter 18: Incorporating novel ecosystems into management frameworks

Chapter 19: Case Study: The management framework in practice: Making decisions in Atlantic Canadian Meadows. Chasing the Elusive Reference State

Chapter 20: Case Study: The management framework in practice: Prairie dogs at the urban interface: Conservation solutions when ecosystem change drivers are beyond the scope of management actions

Chapter 21: Case Study: The management framework in practice: How social barriers contribute to novel ecosystem maintenance: Managing Reindeer Populations on St. George Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska Hulvey

Chapter 22: Case Study: The management framework in practice: Can’t see the wood for the trees: the changing management of the novel Miconia-Cinchona ecosystem in the humid highlands of Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Gardener

Chapter 23: Case Study: The management framework in practice: Using the Decision Framework for Designer Wetlands as Novel Ecosystems

Chapter 24: Characterizing novel ecosystems: challenges for measurement

Chapter 25: Case Study: Novelty measurement in Pampean grasslands

Chapter 26: Plant materials for novel ecosystems

Chapter 27: Case study: Management of novel ecosystems in the Seychelles

Chapter 28: Perspective: Moving to the dark side

Chapter 29: Perspective: Coming of age in a trash forest

Chapter 30: Engaging the public in novel ecosystems

Chapter 31: Valuing novel ecosystems

Chapter 32: Case study: A rocky novel ecosystem: industrial origins to conservation concern

Chapter 33: The policy context: building laws and rules that embrace novelty

Chapter 34: Perspective: Lake Burley Griffin

Chapter 35: Case study: Shale “bings” in Central Scotland: from ugly blots on the landscape to cultural and biological heritage

Chapter 36: Perspective: A Tale of Two Natures

Chapter 37: Concerns about novel ecosystems

Chapter 38: Novel urban ecosystems and ecosystem services

Chapter 39: Ecosystem stewardship as a framework for conservation in a directionally changing world

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Chapter 40: Case study: Novel social-ecological systems in the north: potential pathways towards ecological and societal resilience

Chapter 41: Perspective: Is everything a novel ecosystem? If so, do we need the concept?

Chapter 42: What do we know about, and what do we do about, novel ecosystems?

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