Protected Land

Preface. - Four Ecosystems, Four Questions; Oak Openings, Ohio; Kissimmee River, Florida; Tallgrass Prairie, Kansas; Six Rivers National Forest, California; Four Questions. - Part 1: Ecosystems in Theory. - The Ecosystem Idea and Ideal; Preservation, Conservation, and Ecology; Gleason and Individualism; Leopoldian Preservation and Conservation; Hutchinson, Holism, and Individualism; The New Ecology; Preservation of the Ideal; Toward an Ecosystem Approach to Management. - A Thing is Right; The Adaptive Cycle; Diversity, Stability, Health and Integrity. - Disturbance, Stress, and Resilience; Disturbance; Resilience; Complications of Stress. - Invasion; Colonization and Succession; Factors of Colonization; Nonnative Invaders; Passengers and Drivers; Ecosystem Function and Service; Ecosystem Service and Invasion; Eradication; A Conservation Dilemma. - Part 2: Ecosystems in Practice. - Very Small Ecosystems; Microbial Ecosystems; Biofilms as Model Ecosystems; Biofilms as Patches; Micro- and Macro-Ecosystems. - Forested Ecosystems; The Forest Sanctuary; The Monongahela Experiment; Wilderness Management; Healthy Forests; Unmanaged Forest Succession. - Grassland Ecosystems. - Grasslands, Short and Tall; Prairie Restoration and Umbrella Species; Land Trust Grasslands. - Freshwater Ecosystems; Wetlands; Lakes; Rivers. - Saltwater Ecosystems; Intertidal Ecosystems; Subtidal Ecosystems; Deeper Water. - Protecting the Shifting Quilt; Holism, Strong and Weak; The Four Horsemen Revisited; Along the Continuum; Protecting the Shifting Quilt. - Index.