The concurrent discussions of landscape scale restoration among restoration ecologists, and of historic disturbance pattern as a guideline for forest management among forest scientists, offer a unique opportunity for collaboration between these traditionally separated fields. The objective of this study was to review the environmental history, early restoration projects, and current plans to re...

At a global scale, aquatic ecosystems are being altered by human activities at a greater rate than at any other time in history. In recent years, grassroots efforts have generated interest in the restoration of degraded or destroyed aquatic habitats, especially small wetlands and streams where such projects are feasible with local resources. We present ecological management lessons learned from...

The liberalization of electricity markets has led to an increased cost pressure on power grid operators. As they are also responsible for the reliable supply of electricity, power grid operators aim to optimally balance the opposing objectives of cost and quality of supply. One main aspect of the quality of supply is the continuity of supply, i.e., the availability of electricity to consumers. ...

—Decisions about watershed restoration projects often are complicated by competing interests and goals, gaps in scientific knowledge, and constraints on time and resources. Under these circumstances, there is no best approach to decision making and problem solving. Appropriate decision processes need not always be analytically complex, but instead depend on the characteristics of the external s...

This work was partially supported by the Spanish Research Council (CICYT) under contract TEL-99-0976. Abstract – In this paper, we present a system for dynamic network resource configuration in environments with bandwidth reservation and path restoration mechanisms. Our focus is on the dynamic bandwidth management results, although the main goal of the system is the integration of the different...

Setting endpoints and targets in forest restoration is a complicated task that is best accomplished in cooperative partnerships that account for the ecology of the system, production of desired ecosystem goods and services, economics and well-being of society, and future environments. Clearly described and quantitative endpoints and intermediary targets are needed to manage restoration of ecosy...

As interest and efforts in ecological restoration of native bivalve populations grow, the genetic implications of various restoration strategies are often unclear to resource managers and restoration practitioners, even though genetic considerations are vital to the ultimate success or failure of restoration endeavors. In an effort to fill this void, we present an overview of the underlying gen...

Fens represent a large array of ecosystem services, including the highest biodiversity found among wetlands, hydrological services, water purification and carbon sequestration. Land-use change and drainage has severely damaged or annihilated these services in many parts of North America and Europe; restoration plans are urgently needed at the landscape level. We review the major constraints on ...