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Wildfires are likely to become more extensive and more severe with global warming. This book explores the effects of altered fire regimes on landscape, dominant species, plants, animals and human communities. The discussion includes fire management policies.

Front Cover -- About Island Press -- Subscribe -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Forward -- Preface -- Book Guide -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Introduction to Restoration and Foundational Concepts -- Chapter 1: Ecological Theory and Restoration Ecology -- Chapter 2: Ecological Dynamics and Ecological Restoration -- Chapter 3: Biodiversity as a Goal and Driver of Restoration -- Chapter 4: Landscape Ecology and Restoration Processes -- Part II: Ecological Theory and the Restoration of Populations and Communities -- Chapter 5: Population and Ecological Genetics in Restoration Ecology -- Chapter 6: Ecophysiological Considerations for Restoration -- Chapter 7: Implications of Population and Metapopulation Theory for Restoration Science and Practice -- Chapter 8: Invasive Species and Restoration Challenges -- Chapter 9: Assembly Theory for Restoring Ecosystem Structure and Functioning: Timing is Everything? -- Chapter 10: Heterogeneity Theory and Ecological Restoration -- Chapter 11: Food Web Theory and Ecological Restoration -- Part III: Ecosystem Processes and Restoration Ecology -- Chapter 12: Nutrient Dynamics as Determinants and Outcomes of Restoration -- Chapter 13: Recovery of Ecosystem Processes: Carbon and Energy Flows in Restored Wetlands, Grasslands, and Forests -- Chapter 14: Watershed Processes as Drivers for Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration -- Part IV: The Spatial and Temporal Dimensions of Restoration -- Chapter 15: Evolutionary Restoration Ecology -- Chapter 16: Macroecology and the Theory of Island Biogeography: Abundant Utility for Applications in Restoration Ecology -- Chapter 17: The Influence of Climate Variability and Change on the Science and Practice of Restoration Ecology -- Part V: Synthesis and Challenges -- Chapter 18: Persistant and Emerging Themes in the Linkage of Theory to Restoration Practice.