Editorial: Restoration of Degraded Terrestrial Ecosystems

Degraded Character Image Restoration

The design and analysis of an algorithm for the restoration of degraded images of machine-printed characters is presented. The input is a set of degraded bilevel images of a single unknown character ; the output is an approximation to the charac-ter's ideal artwork. The algorithm seeks to minimize the discrepancy between the approximation and the ideal, measured as the worst-case Euclidean dist...

Restoration of Degraded Audio Signals

A new three-hour lecture and a two-hour lab dealing with audio restoration have been introduced in the subject Audio Technology in the academic year 2005/2006 at the Department of Radio Electronics in Bratislava.

The role of plant interactions in the restoration of degraded ecosystems : a meta - analysis

Restoration of Native Ecosystems

There is little published information on "nearnatural" ecosystems and their restoration. Ecosystem restoration involves the setting of a date to indicate a restoration point (e.g., 1778 for the National Park Service in Hawaii) and presupposes some knowledge of ecosystem status at the target date and time. In Hawaii, knowledge of past conditions is usually precluded by the rapidity and magnitude...

Restoration of Southern Ecosystems

Restoration of the myriad communities of bottomland hardwood and wetland forests and of the diverse communities of fire-dominated pine forests is the subject of intense interest in the Southern United States. Restoration practice is relatively advanced for bottomland hardwoods and longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.), and less so for swamps and shortleaf pine (P. echinata Mill.). Most bottomla...