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The Breakdown and Restoration of Ecosystems

Proceedings of the Conference on the Rehabilitation of Severely Damaged Land and Freshwater Ecosystems

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1978

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Editors:
  1. M. W. Holdgate

    1. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, England

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  2. M. J. Woodman

    1. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, England

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Part of the book series: Nato Conference Series (NATOCS, volume 3)

Part of the book sub series: I Ecology (E)

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Table of contents (33 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Nato and Science

    1. Nato and Science

      • T. D. Allan
      Pages 1-3

  3. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • M. W. Holdgate
      Pages 5-7

  5. The Degradation of Land and Freshwater Ecosystems in Temperate Lands

    1. Introduction

      • M. W. Holdgate
      Pages 123-123

    2. An Approach to Ecosystem Degradation: Opening Remarks by Session Chairman

      • H. Sukopp
      Pages 123-127

    3. Prehistoric Man’s Impact on Environments in North West Europe

      • G. W. Dimbleby
      Pages 129-144

    4. The Degradation of Icelandic Ecosystems

      • S. Fridriksson
      Pages 145-156

    5. The Degradation of Biogeocenoses in the Mediterranean Region

      • M. Godron
      Pages 157-168

    6. The Degradation of Ecosystems in the Rhine

      • W. J. Wolff
      Pages 169-191

    7. The Role of Fire in the Degradation of Ecosystems

      • Ross W. Wein
      Pages 193-209

  6. The Restoration of Degraded Ecosystems

    1. Introduction

      • M. W. Holdgate
      Pages 211-211

    2. Opening Remarks by Session Chairman

      • G. W. Dimbleby
      Pages 212-212

    3. The Restoration of the Soil

      1. The Restoration of Soil Productivity
        • D. Parkinson
        Pages 213-229
      2. Soil Conservation in Iceland
        • S. Runolfsson
        Pages 231-240
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About this book

This volume contains the papers presented at a conference on "The rehabilitation of severely damaged land and freshwater eco­ systems in temperate zones", held at Reykjavik, Iceland, from 4th to 11th July, 1976. The meeting was held under the auspices of the Ecosciences Panel of the N.A.T.O. Science Committee, and the organising expenses and greater part of the expenses of the speakers and chairmen were provided by N.A.T.O. The scientific programme was planned by M. W. Holdgate and M. J. Woodman, in consultation with numerous colleagues, and especially with the Administrative Director of the Conference in Iceland, Dr. Sturla Fridriksson. Iceland proved a particularly suitable location for such a Conference. Geologically, it is one of the youngest countries 1n the world, owing its origin to the up-welling of volcanic rock along the spreading zone of the mid-Atlantic ridge within the past 20 million years. Its structure, northern oceanic situation, recent glaciation and continuing volcanic activity make it distinct as a habitat and have given it a flora and fauna of especial interest. It is also a land of great natural beauty with its ice caps, waterfalls, volcanic landforms, geothermal features and dramatic coasts. In addition, its ecosystems have proved except­ ionally vulnerable to man's impact and it presents the kind of problem with which the Conference was concerned in an acute form.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, England

    M. W. Holdgate, M. J. Woodman

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Breakdown and Restoration of Ecosystems

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the Conference on the Rehabilitation of Severely Damaged Land and Freshwater Ecosystems

  • Editors: M. W. Holdgate, M. J. Woodman

  • Series Title: Nato Conference Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4012-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1978

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-32803-9Due: 01 March 1978

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-4014-0Published: 06 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-4012-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 496

  • Topics: Ecology, Physics, general

  • Industry Sectors: Biotechnology

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