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1 online resource (214 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Drought. Wildfire. Extreme flooding. How does climate change affect the daily work of scientists? Ecological restoration is often premised on the idea of returning a region to an earlier, healthier state. Yet the effects of climate change undercut that premise and challenge the ways scientists can work, destabilizing the idea of "normalcy" and revealing the politics that shape what scientists can do. How can the practice of ecological restoration shift to anticipate an increasingly dynamic future? And how does a scientific field itself adapt to climate change? Restoration efforts in the Columbia River Basin-a vast and diverse landscape experiencing warming waters, less snowpack, and greater fluctuations in precipitation-may offer answers to some of these questions. Shana Hirsch tells the story of restoration science in the basin, surveying its past and detailing the work of today's salmon habitat restoration efforts. Her analysis offers critical insight into scientific practices, emerging approaches and ways of thinking, the incorporation of future climate change scenarios into planning, and the ultimate transformation-or adaptation-of the science of ecological restoration. For scientists and environmental managers around the globe, Anticipating Future Environments will shed light on how to more effectively cope with climate change"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Watershed restoration -- Columbia River Watershed.
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Watershed restoration. |
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Restoration ecology -- Columbia River Watershed.
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Restoration ecology. |
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Wildlife resources -- Climatic factors.
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Wildlife resources -- Climatic factors. |
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SCIENCE / Natural history-discipline. |
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United States -- Columbia River Watershed. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hirsch, Shana Lee. Anticipating future environments Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2020] 9780295747491 (DLC) 2019053533 |
| ISBN |
9780295747484 electronic book |
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029574748X electronic book |
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9780295747491 hardcover |
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9780295747293 paperback |
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