Front Cover -- About Island Press -- About the Society for Ecological Restoration -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Virtual Field Trips -- Foreword -- Preface -- Part I. Why We Restore -- Chapter 1. Overview -- Some Basic Terms and Concepts -- Chapter 2. Values and Ecological Restoration -- Ecological Values -- Personal Values -- Socioeconomic Values -- Cultural Values -- Holons and Realms of Organization -- Chapter 3. Disturbance and Impairment -- Disturbance -- Ecosystem Response to Disturbance -- Degradation, Damage, Destruction -- Ecological Consequences of Impairment -- Part II. What We Restore -- Chapter 4. Recovery -- Ecological Views of Recovery -- Ecological Theory and Restoration -- Chapter 5. Ecological Attributes of Restored Ecosystems -- Species Composition -- Community Structure -- Abiotic Environment -- Landscape Context -- Ecological Functionality -- Historic Continuity -- Ecological Complexity -- Self-Organization -- Resilience -- Self-Sustainability -- Biosphere Support -- Goals and Project Standards -- Chapter 6. Semicultural Landscapes and Ecosystems -- Culturalization of Landscapes -- Examples of Semicultural Landscapes -- Selecting Semicultural Targets for Restoration -- Part III. How We Restore -- Chapter 7. Ecological References -- Reference Concept -- Types of Reference Sites -- Steps in Reference Model Preparation -- Temporal References -- References in Landscape Restoration -- Trajectories -- Chapter 8. Approaches to Restoration -- Intensity of Effort -- Framework Approach -- Sources of Knowledge -- Chapter 9. Project Planning and Evaluation -- Guidelines for Restoration -- Strategies and Designs -- Inoculating Soils and Substrates -- Project Evaluation -- Part IV. Ecological Restoration as a Profession -- Chapter 10. Relationship of Restoration to Related Fields.

Restoration Ecology and Ecological Restoration -- Ecosystem Management -- Rehabilitation, Reclamation, Revegetation, and Remediation -- Compensatory Mitigation -- Fabrication and Creation -- Landscape Architecture and Design -- Ecological Engineering -- Restoration of Natural Capital -- Sustainability Science -- Chapter 11. Projects and the Professional -- Stakeholders -- Project Sponsors -- Project Roles -- Organizational Structure -- Evolution of Contexts -- Stewardship Models -- Practitioner Certification -- Chapter 12. Moving Restoration Forward-Together -- Perceptions of Ecological Restoration -- Novel Ecosystems -- Climate Change -- Moving Forward -- Glossary -- References Cited -- About the Authors and Collaborators -- Index -- Island Press BoD.