Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Part One: Background Concepts and Models -- Ch. 1: Models of Ecosystem Dynamics as Frameworks for Restoration Ecology, Katharine N. Suding and Richard J. Hobbs -- Ch. 2: Critical Transitions and Regime Shifts in Ecosystems: Consolidating Recent Advances, Stephen R. Carpenter and Marten Scheffer -- Ch. 3: Transition Dynamics in Succession: Implications for Rates, Trajectories, and Restoration, Lawrence R. Walker and Roger del Moral -- Ch. 4: Inference about Complex Ecosystem Dynamics in Ecological Research and Restoration Practice, Arne Schröder -- Ch. 5: Thresholds in Ecological Systems: Application to Restoration, Elizabeth G. King and Steven Whisenant -- Ch. 6: Resilience Theory in Models of Rangeland Ecology and Restoration: The Evolution and Application of a Paradigm, Brandon T. Bestelmeyer, Kris M. Havstad, Bolormaa Damindsuren, Guodong Han, Joel R. Brown, Jeffrey E. Herrick, Caitriana M. Steele, and Debra P. C. Peters -- Part Two: Dynamics and Restoration of Different Ecosystem Types -- Arid Ecosystems -- Ch. 7: Long-Term Dynamics and Rehabilitation of Woody Ecosystems in Dryland South Island, New Zealand, Susan Walker, Ellen Cieraad, Adrian Monks, Larry Burrows, Jamie Wood, Robbie Price, Geoff Rogers, and Bill Lee -- Ch. 8: Dryland Dynamics and Restoration: Perspectives for the Use of Climactic Swings, Milena Holmgren -- Grassland, Woodland, and Savanna Ecosystems -- Ch. 9: Developing Data-Driven Descriptive Models for Californian Grasslands, James W. Bartholome, Randall D. Jackson, and Barbara H. Allen-Diaz -- Ch. 10: Management and Restoration in African Savanas: Interactions and Feedbacks, Mahesh Sankaran and T. Michael Anderson.

Ch. 11: Rapid Internal Plant-Soil Feedbacks Lead to Alternative Stable States in Temperate Australian Grassy Woodlands, Suzanne M. Prober, Ian D. Lunt, and John W. Morgan -- Ch. 12: A Revised State-and-Transition Model for the Restoration of Woodlands in Western Australia, Rachel J. Standish, Viki A. Cramer, and Colin J. Yates -- Forest Ecosystems -- Ch. 13: A State-and-Transition Model for the Recovery of Abandoned Farmland in New Zealand, Rachel J. Standish, Ashley D. Sparrow, Peter A. Williams, and Richard J. Hobbs -- Ch. 14: Dynamics and Restoration of Australian Tropical and Subtropical Rainforests, John Kanowski, Robert M. Kooyman, and Carla P. Catterall -- Wetland Ecosystems -- Ch. 15: Interactions between Lesser Snow Geese and Arctic Coastal Vegetation Leading to Alternative Stable States, I. Tanya Handa and Robert L. Jefferies -- Ch. 16: Feedbacks That Might Sustain Natural, Invaded, and Restored States in Herbaceous Wetlands, Joy B. Zedler -- Ch. 17: Development of Conceptual Models for Ecological Regime Change in Temporary Australian Wetlands, Lien L. Sim, Jenny A. Davis, and Jane M. Chambers -- Production Landscapes -- Ch. 18: State-and-Transition Models for Mining Restoration in Australia, Carl Grant -- Ch. 19: An Alternative Stable State Model for Landscape-Scale Restoration in South Australia, Peter Cale and Nigel Willoughby -- Ch. 20: Alternative Stable States for Planning and Implementing Restoration of Production Systems in Michoacán, México, Roberto Lindig-Cisneros -- Part Three: Synthesis: Implications for Theory and Practice -- Ch. 21: Synthesis: Are New Models for Ecosystem Dynamics Scientifically Robust and Helpful in Guiding Restoration Projects? Richard J. Hobbs and Katharine N. Suding -- Editors -- Contributors -- Index.