Journal article
What's new about old fields? Land abandonment and ecosystem assembly
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Vol.23(2), pp.104-112
2008
Abstract
Environmental and socio-economic changes are leading to increased levels of land abandonment worldwide. The assembly of plant communities on old fields has informed much ecological theory, which in turn has facilitated efforts at ecological restoration. The interaction of the cultivation legacy with inherent soil and vegetation characteristics will determine the dynamics of plant community assembly on old fields and indicate the level of effort required to restore historical vegetation states. The abandonment of traditional agricultural lands in some areas will create old fields that require limited or no restoration. Yet intensification of agriculture and rapid environmental change will lead to increasing numbers of old fields that show little recovery towards an historic vegetation state. The restoration of these old fields will pose significant scientific and policy challenges.
Details
- Title
- What's new about old fields? Land abandonment and ecosystem assembly
- Authors/Creators
- V.A. Cramer (Author/Creator)R. Hobbs (Author/Creator)R.J. Standish (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Vol.23(2), pp.104-112
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Identifiers
- 991005540861307891
- Copyright
- 2007 Elsevier Ltd
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Environmental Science
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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- Citation topics
- 3 Agriculture, Environment & Ecology
- 3.40 Forestry
- 3.40.86 Plant Communities
- Web Of Science research areas
- Ecology
- Evolutionary Biology
- Genetics & Heredity
- ESI research areas
- Environment/Ecology