SER and Island Press Book Series:
The Science and Practice of Ecological Restoration

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SER is pleased that its collaboration with Island Press has produced a book series that provides a foundation of practical knowledge and scientific insight to help ecological restoration become the powerful reparative and healing tool that the world needs. Highlighting important advances in the natural, physical, and social sciences, the series offers both individually authored titles and well-edited collections of papers which address terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems at all scales.

Island Press, a nonprofit publisher, has published a number of distinguished volumes in ecological restoration since 1996. “Ecological restoration has been a priority for Island Press since the 1980s,” states Island Press Executive Editor Barbara Dean. “Since SER’s founding, we have regarded ourselves as part of the SER community, with shared goals and interests, and we have been impressed with SER’s vision, leadership, and expertise as the field has evolved. We are tremendously pleased to formalize our relationship by collaborating on this innovative book series, which we are confident will provide essential information, guidance, and support for the diverse and growing audience involved with ecological restoration research, teaching, and practice.”

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Series Editors

James Aronson
Series Editor

Jamesn Aronson is head of the Restoration Ecology Group in the Centre for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology (CEFE, CNRS), in Montpellier, France, and Curator of Restoration Ecology at the Missouri Botanical Garden, USA. He has worked in projects and programs related to the restoration and rehabilitation of degraded ecosystems for over 20 years, in many parts of the world. He has served on the editorial board of Restoration Ecology since 1993. He has published more than 100 scientific articles and co-authored or co-edited 11 books, and a number of widely cited papers in restoration ecology. With Jelte Van Andel, he co-edited Restoration Ecology: The New Frontier (Blackwell Science; 2OO6). With South African ecologist Sue Milton and economist James Blignaut, he co-edited Restoring Natural Capital; Science, Business, Practice, and with Andre Clewell, he co-authored Ecological Restoration: Principles, Values, and Structure of an Emerging Profession. Both of these volumes appeared in our Series in 2007. Together with Karen Holl and Barbara Dean (Executive Editor, Island Press), Aronson strives to make the Series a truly international forum and learning place for practitioners, decision-makers, researchers, teachers and students.

Karen Holl
Associate Editor

Karen Holl is Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz where she is co-director of the Center for Tropical Research on Ecology, Agriculture, and Development.  She directs large-scale restoration experiments in tropical montane forest in Costa Rica and in riparian forest along the Sacramento River in California.  In addition, she has published widely on the restoration of chaparral and grassland ecosystems in California; tropical forests in several countries in Latin America; and hardwood forests in the eastern United States.  She is an Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow committed to communicating the results of her research to the general public and policy makers.  She serves on the advisory board for various public and private land management agencies, is on the editorial board for Restoration Ecology, and has contributed chapters to several volumes in the Island Press Series.

Editorial Board

Don Falk
University of Arizona

Margaret Palmer
University of Maryland

Richard Hobbs
The University of Western Australia