Additional Readings

Askins, Robert A. 2000. Restoring North America's Birds: Lessons from Landscape Ecology 2^nd ed. Yale University Press. Gathers results of research on birds and their habitats to understand how declining species can be revitalized.

Boyce, Mark S. and Alan Haney (eds). 1997. Ecosystem Management: Applications for Sustainable Forest and Wildlife Resources. Yale Univ. Press.

Brower, Kenneth. 2001. "Leopold's Gift." Sierra 86(1): 30-39, 109-110. Dave Brower's son revisits Aldo Leopold's Sand County farm to learn how the science of restoration ecology was born.

Callicott, J. Baird 1991. Companion to a Sand County Almanac: Interpretive and Critical Essays. Univ of Wisconsin Press. A leading environmental philosopher and ethicist discusses Leopold's land ethic.

Cox, J. and R.T. Engstrom. 2001. "Influence of the spatial pattern of conserved lands on the persistence of a large population of red-cockaded woodpeckers." Biological Conservation. 100 (1): 137-150. GIS can be a useful tool in analyzing landscape patterns and connectivity between habitat patches.

Dramstad, Wenche E., et al. 1997. Landscape Ecology Principles in Landscape Architecture and Land-Use Planning. Island Press. Landscape ecology from the perspective of architects and planners.

Egan, Dave and Evelyn Howell (eds). 2000. The Historical Ecology Handbook: A Restorationist's Guide to Reference Ecosystems. Covelo, CA: Island Press. To determine what needs to be restored and how to do it, we need to understand what ecosystems were like before they were disturbed.

Forman, Richard T. T. 1995. Land Mosaics: The Ecology of Landscapes and Regions. Cambridge Univ. Press. A general text in landscape ecology.

Gardner, R. H., R. V. O'Neill, and Monica Goigel Turner. 2001. Landscape Ecology in Theory and Practice : Pattern and Process. Springer Verlag. A general textbook of contemporary landscape ecology

Gobster, Paul H. and R. Bruce Hull (eds). 2000. Restoring Nature: Perspectives from the Social Sciences and Humanities. Covelo, CA: Island Press. Contributors to this volume explore the human dimensions of biological restoration.

Gunderson, Lance H. and C. S. Holling (eds). 2001. Panarchy: Understanding Transformations in Systems of Humans and Nature. Island Press. A new work by the originators of resilience theory.

Harper-Lore, Bonnie and Maggie Wilson (eds). 2000. Roadside Use of Native Plants. Covelo, CA: Island Press. Published by the U.S. Department of transportation's Federal Highway Administration, this collection provides information and background about using native plants for landscaping.

Leopold, Aldo. 1948. A Sand County Almanac. Oxford Univ. Press. Perhaps the best book ever written in America about conservation and land ethics.

Leopold, Aldo. 1972. Round River: From the Journals of Aldo Leopold. Oxford Univ. Press. Collected and edited by his son Luna.

Leopold, Aldo. 1993. River of the Mother of God: and Other Essays. A collection of Leopold's essays edited by Susan Flader and J. Baird Callicott.

Levin, Ted. 2001. "Reviving the River of Grass." Audubon 103(4): 54-57. Lead article on ecological restoration of the Everglades in a special issue devoted entirely to the politics, biology, and opportunities in this vast wetland.

Lorbiecki, Marybeth. 1996. Aldo Leopold: A Fierce Green Fire. Falcon Pub. A biography of a great conservationist with many family photographs.

MacArthur, Robert H. 1984. Geographical Ecology. Princeton Univ. Press. A summation of the life work of one of the most influential ecologists of our time.

Meine, Curt. 1991. Aldo Leopold: His Life and Work. Univ. of Wisconsin Press. Probably the most extensive and authoritative biography available.

Nadkarni, Nalini M. and N. T. Wheelwright. 2000. Monteverde: Ecology and Conservation of a Tropical Cloud Forest. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. A comprehensive study of the ecology and biodiversity of a Costa Rican cloud forest.

Nassauer, Joan Iverson. 1997. Placing Nature: Culture and Landscape Ecology. Covelo, CA: Island Press. An excellent compilation of reflections on landscape ecology from a wide variety of perspectives.

Packard, Stephen and Cornelia F. Mutel. 1997. The Tallgrass Restoration Handbook. Covelo, CA: Island Press. Practical hands-on manual for restoring prairies, savannas, and woodlands.

Palmer, T. 1999. The Heart of America. Covelo, CA: Island Press. A landscape approach to ecological and conservation issues.

Pirot, Jean-Yves, et al. 2000. Ecosystem Management: Lessons from Around the World. Island Press. A guide for development and conservation practitioners.

Power, Haney A. 1996. "Adaptive Management for Sound Ecosystem Management." Environmental Management 20(6): 879-886. Emphasizes the importance of research and monitoring in management.

Punshon, T, D.C. Adriano, and J.T. Weber. 2002. "Restoration of drastically eroded land using coal fly ash and poultry manure." The Science of the Total Environment 296 (1-3): 209-225. Remediation research in Georgia's Savannah River Ecology Laboratory shows that low-tech approaches can be effective.

Quammen, David. 1997. The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions New York: Touchstone Books. A delightfully written account of adventure travel and the search for biodiversity.

Ricketts, T. H., et al, 1999. Terrestrial Ecoregions of North America: A Conservation Assessment. Covelo, CA: Island Press. An overview of the features and status of all major ecoregions in North America.

Ricketts, Taylor H., Gretchen C. Daily and Paul R. Ehrlich. 2002. "Does butterfly diversity predict moth diversity? Testing a popular indicator taxon at local scales." Biological Conservation Vol. 103 (3) pp. 361-370 (2002). This study found no correlation between moth and butterfly diversity across 19 sites sub-alpine sites in Colorado.

Riley, Ann L. 1998. Restoring Streams in Cities: A Guide for Planners, Policymakers, and Citizens. Covelo, CA: Island Press. Describes an interdisciplinary approach to stream management and restoration.

Sayre, R. et al. 1999. Nature in Focus: Rapid Ecological Assessment. Covelo, CA: Island Press. Rapid ecological assessment is a method for quick analysis of threatened ecosystems.

Smith, Nigel J. H. 1999. The Amazon river forest: A natural History of Plants, Animals, and People. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. A comprehensive exploration of the ecology and human culture of the Amazon.

Soini, Katriina. 2001. "Exploring human dimensions of multifunctional landscapes through mapping and map-making." Landscape and Urban Planning Vol. 57 (3-4) pp. 225-239 (2001).

Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf and Teja Tscharntke. 2002. "Insect communities and biotic interactions on fragmented calcareous grasslands a mini review." Biological Conservation Vol. 104 (3) pp. 275-284 (2002). Species richness of butterflies increase with fragment size and connectivity between patches.

Thomas, R.C., et al. 1997. "The Conservation of a Fragmented Ecosystem within a Cultural Landscape: the Case of an Ancient Woodland in England." Biological Conservation 82(3): 243-252.

Tress, Barbel, et al. 2001. "Bridging human and natural sciences in landscape research." Landscape and Urban Planning Vol. 57 (3-4) pp. 137-141 (2001). Landscape ecology is by nature an interdisciplinary topic.

Wikramanayake, Eric, et al. 2002. Terrestrial Ecoregions of the Indo-Pacific: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press. A study by the World Wildlife Fund of conservation needs in the Indo-Pacific.