Macmillian, D.D., Harley, D., and Morrison, R. (1998). Cost-effectiveness of woodland ecosystem restoration. Ecological Economics, 27. Ecological restoration is often plagued by poor science, unavailability of usable data, and funding limitations. In their reporting on a cost-effectiveness analysis for Caledonian woodland restoration in Scotland, Macmillan et al assign a prominent role to GIS. Macmillan et [...]
Russel, G.D., Hawkins, C.P., O’Neill, M. P. (1997). The role of GIS in selecting sites for riparian restoration based on hydrology and land use. Restoration Ecology, 5: 4S. The authors report a growth in wetland restoration and mitigation in Southern California at time of publication. This was tied to a growth in development (surprise, surprise Southern [...]
Because there are already too many blogs focusing on cat videos. And because it is a class requirement. But beyond these justifications, there is value in exploring how GIS is aiding in ecological restoration. At least there is to me. I have been involved in the field of ecological restoration since 2005 and hope to [...]