Restoration Ecology: Selected Bibliography

Journals

Although articles relating to restoration ecology and ecological restoration appear in numerous journals, the following journals represent a core list.

• Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems Chichester; New York. Wiley. 1991-
• Ecological Engineering: the journal of ecotechnology. Amsterdam; New York. Elsevier Science. 1992-.
• Environmental Ethics Environmental Philosophy Inc. University of Georgia. (imprint varies.) 1979-.
• Environmental Management New York. Springer-Verlag. 1976-.
• The Environmental Professional: the official journal of the National Association of Environmental Professionals. (NAEP). Elmsford, NY. Pergamon. 1979-.
• Landscape and Urban Planning Amsterdam; New York. Elsevier. 1986-
• Restoration and Management Notes. The University of Wisconsin Madison Arboretum. Madison. The Arboretum. 1981-.
• Restoration Ecology: the journal of the Society of Ecological Restoration. Cambridge, MA. Blackwell Scienctific Publications. 1993-.
• Wildlife Society Bulletin: Perspectives on wildlife conservation and sustainable use. Bethesda, MD. The Wildlife Society. 1973-.

Selected Journal Articles and Special Issues

1. Cairns, John Jr., "Restoration Ecology". Encyclopedia of Environmental Biology. Vol 3. New York. Academic Press. 1995 p 223-235.
   An excellent overview of the concept and development of restoration ecology by one of the predominate experts in the field.
2. Cairns, John Jr., "Restoration Ecology". The Encyclopedia of the Environment. Ruth A. Eblen and William R. Eblen (eds.) Boston; New York. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1994. p 609-611.
   A shorter encyclopedia entry by Cairns describing some successful projects and briefly defining the discipline.
3. Hobbs, R. J. & D. A. Norton. "Towards a conceptual framework for restoration ecology". Restoration Ecology. vol. 4 (2) June 1996 p. 93-110. Argues for the development of guidelines for restoration at the landscape level in addition to localized restoration projects.
4. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems: Special Issue on River Restoration: The Physical Dimension.
   • Vol. 8, (1), 1998.
     Papers presented at a conference held in Denmark in 1996. Highlights the European Union's efforts at river restoration.
5. Environmental Professional: Special Issue on Restoration Ecology:
   • Vol. 13, (3), 1991.
     Includes articles by Cairns, Berger, Reed F. Noss, Lynton Keith Caldwell and others, focusing on the "scientific, legal and public policy aspects of restoration ecology."
6. Light, Andrew and Eric S. Higgs. "The Politics of Ecological Restoration". Environmental Ethics vol. 18 (3), Fall 1996. p 227-247.
   Summarizes the debate as to what is "natural", then shifts the discussion to the social and political context of restoration.
7. Restoration Ecology: Special Issues
   • Vol. 5, (4). December 1997 "Human-dominated ecosystems and the role of Restoration Ecology."
     Highlights the "ecological concepts on which sound restoration is based", and "the need for it to move into the scientific realm..."(editorial, p. 273.) "Developing the Conceptual Basis for Restoration Ecology" by Edith B. Allen, W. Wallace Covington, and Donald A. Falk defines the focus of the issue and discusses the attempts of the National Science Foundation to encourage research in this area. These papers are the result of a workshop held at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis in Santa Barbara in 1996.
     
   • Vol. 5, (4s). December 1997 "Riparian Restoration." A second special issue that focuses on riparian restoration and relates specific projects to the wider conceptual framework.
8. Scherer, Donald. "Evolution, Human Living, and the Practice of Ecological Restoration". Environmental Ethics. vol. 17 (4), Winter 1995. p359-379.
   Discusses the ethical justification for restoration and considers it, perhaps, "a hoax of easy optimism and self-deception...".
9. Science: Special Issue
   • Vol. 277, July 25, 1997. "Human-dominated Ecosystems".
     A series of articles looking at the "study of human influence on the planet" relating to fisheries, forests, coral reef, the ocean, and ecosystems. "Hopes for the Future: Restoration Ecology and Conservation Biology", by Andy P. Dobson, A.D.Bradshaw, and A. J. M. Baker (p515-522) sees the discipline of restoration ecology as a complement to conservation biology in restoring lands and preserving diversity. All the articles have extensive bibliographies.

Books, Monographs and Reports

These represent only a small number of available publications. Not all of them have been reviewed as of July 1998, but most are regularly cited. The list will be continually revised.

1. Baldwin, A. Dwight, Jr., Judith De Luce, and Carl Pletsch. (eds.) Beyond preservation: restoring and inventing landscapes.Minneapolis, MI. University of Minnesota Press. 1994. 280p.
2. Berger, John. J. (ed.) Environmental restoration: science and strategies for restoring the earth. Papers from Restoring the Earth Conference, January 1988. University of California, Berkeley. Bar Island Press. Bar Harbor, Maine. 1988.
3. Berger. John J. Environmental restoration in the San Francisco Bay area. Restoring the Earth. Berkeley. CA. 1990. An inventory of ecological restoration projects.
4. Bowles, Marlin. L, and Christopher J. Whelan, (eds.)Restoration of endangered species: conceptual issues, planning, and implementation. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, England; New York. 1994. 394p. Papers from the Symposium on Recovery and Restoration of Endangered Plants and Animals organized for the Second Annual Conference of the Society of Ecological Restoration, Chicago, IL, 1990.
5. Bradshaw, A.D. & M.J. Chadwick. The restoration of land: the ecology and reclamation of derelict and degraded land. Oxford (Eng); Boston, MA. Blackwell Scientific Publications. distributed in US and Canada by University of California Press. Berkeley, CA. 1980.
6. Briggs. Mark K. Riparian ecosystem recovery in arid lands: strategies and references. Tucson, AZ. University of Arizona Press. 1996. 159p.
7. Cairns, John Jr., K.L. Dickson & E.E. Herricks, (eds.). Recovery and restoration of damaged ecosystems. University Press of Virginia. Charlottesville, VA. 1977. 531p. Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Recovery of Damaged Ecosystems held at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA. on March 23-25, 1975.
8. Cairns, John. Jr. (ed.) Recovery process in damaged ecosystems. Ann Arbor, MI. Ann Arbor Science Publishers, Inc. 1980. Papers of a symposium held an an annual meeting of the American Institute of Biological Sciences in Athens, GA.
9. Cooper, Andre R. Sr., (ed.) Cooper's Comprehensive Environmental Desk Reference New York, Van Nostrand Rheinhold, 1996.
10. Elliot, Robert. Faking nature: the ethics of environmental restoration. Routlege, 1997. 240p
11. Falk, Donald. A., Constance I. Millar, & Margaret Olwell. (eds.) Restoring diversity: strategies for reintroduction of endangered plants. Washington D.C. Island Press. 1996. 400p
12. Gilbert, Oliver L. & Penny Anderson. Habitat creation and repairNew York. Oxford University Press. 1998. 240p
13. Harker, Donald, et. al. Landscape restoration handbook. Boca Raton. Lewis Publishers. 1993. 640p.
14. Hood, D.D. et. al. (eds.) The ecology and management of wetlands. 2 vols. Portland, OR. Timber Press. 1988. vol. 1 Ecology of Wetlands. vol. 2 Management use and value of wetlands. Papers from a symposium of the International Society of Anaerobiosis, 1986 in Charleston, SC.
15. Jordan, William R., Michael. E. Gilpin & John D. Aber, (eds.) Restoration ecology: a synthetic approach to ecological research. Cambridge (Eng); New York. Cambridge University Press. 1987 342p.
16. Kusler, Jon S. & Mary E. Kentula. (eds.) Wetland creation and restoration: the status of the science. Washington D.C. Island Press. 1990 594p.
17. Munshower, Frank F. Practical handbook of disturbed land revegetation. Lewis Publishers. Boca Raton. FL. Lewis Publishers. 1994. 265p.
18. Mills, Stephanie. In service of the wild: restoring and reinhabiting damaged land. Boston. Beacon Press. 1995. 237p.
19. National Research Council (US) . Committee on Restoration of Aquatic Ecosystems-Science, Technology and Public Policy.Restoration of aquatic ecosystems: science, technology and public policy. National Academy Press. Washington. DC 1992. 552p.
20. Nierenberg, William A. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Environmental Biology 3 volumes. San Diego, California, Academic Press, 1995.
21. Peterson. David L. & Charles V. Klimas. (eds.) Role of restoration in ecosystem management. Papers from the 1995 Conference of the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) in Seattle, WA. September 1995. The Society. 1996. 219p.
22. Sauer, Leslie. J. The once and future forest: a guide to forest restoration strategies. Washington D.C. Island Press. 1998. 381p.
23. Shaller, Frank. W. & Paul Sutton. (eds.)Reclamation of drastically disturbed lands. Proceedings of a symposium held August 9-12, 1976, at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Experiment Station, Wooster, Ohio. Madison, WI. American Society of Agronomy. 1978. 742p.
24. Shrader-Frechett, K. S. et. al. Readings from The Environmental Professional: natural resources. Oxford (Eng). Blackwell Science, Ltd. 1995. 175 p.
    A collection of 19 articles from The Environmental Professional between 1990 and 1994 describing natural resource problems and techniques used to study and manage them. A good overview of the journal if the original is difficult to obtain.
25. Society for Ecological Restoration.Wetland and Riparian Restoration: Taking a Broader View Seattle, Washington, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1997. Of particular interest is paper discussing the historical roots of the restoration movement.
26. Thayer, Gordon W. Restoring the Nation's Marine Environment. College Park, Maryland. Maryland Sea Grant College, 1992. 716 p. Peer-reviewed papers covering a variety of coastal and estuarine restoration projects in the United States. An approachable account for both the scientist and non-scientist. Papers derived from a NOAA symposium held in 1990.
27. Urbanska, Krystyna, Nigel Webb, & Peter Edwards (eds). Restoration ecology and sustainable development Cambridge University Press. 1998. 414p.
28. Watershed Restoration: A guide for Citizen Involement in California. Sausalito, California. William M. Kier Associates. 1995. NOAA Coastal Ocean Program Decision Analysis Series No. 8. A practical guide for individuals who wish to participate in restoration projects. Addresses scientific issues, community organization and planning, and funding sources. Exemplifies the best of a how-to guide.