Introduction

Purpose of Web Site: Why?

  • To define restoration ecology and to compile a list of diverse information resources, i.e., traditional print resources; databases; Web sites and publications; etc.

  • To present some of the central issues and concerns of restoration ecology.

    (Excerpted from "Restoring kelp forests," David R. Schiel and Michael S. Foster. In Restoring the Nation's Marine Environment, pp. 279-342)

    Schiel and Fostor proposed that any restoration effort follow the established protocols for doing science, which include:

    1. Pose testable hypotheses.
    2. Do adequate sampling design: how will the data be collected and analyzed?
    3. Proper experimental design: replication and controls.
    4. Peer reviewed proposals: outline all sampling, experimental and analystical procedures.
    5. Progress reports: most projects take place over several years. Peer review necessary.
    6. Publication of results in widely-read peer-reviewed journals. ("A great proportion of restoration-related work, much of if funded by public agencies, is relatively inaccessible in papers and reports that are difficult to obtain." (p. 329)

    Scope:

    What?

  • A work-in-progress. Suggestions for additions are invited.
  • Background information; theoretical underpinnings; bibliographies; glossary; database evaluation; exemplary projects.

    Intended Audience: For Whom?

  • Information professionals, researchers, and students.