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I could see the charred remains of the ghost forest from the highway. One mile below me, the dead trees rose from the lava like giant skeletons. There were many reasons not to walk down there: the steep slope, the intense heat, the dark and foreboding lava, the dense swath of neck-high African fountain grass I would have to fight my way through to reach the 200-year-old lava flow that ran down to the ruined trees. More than all of this, I didn’t want to go because I’d been in Hawai‘i long enough to visualize the ecological devastation I would see when I got there. But something I could no longer ignore compelled me to go.
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This bibliography lists the most important and relevant sources I con sulted while researching and writing this book. It also cites sources of in formation, ideas, and quotations I obtained from other works that were not common knowledge. Finally, it suggests a few sources of additional infor mation about some of the topics covered in this book.
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This bibliography lists the most important and relevant sources I con sulted while researching and writing this book. It also cites sources of in formation, ideas, and quotations I obtained from other works that were not common knowledge. Finally, it suggests a few sources of additional infor mation about some of the topics covered in this book.
Introduction: The Science of Restoration Ecology and the Practice of Ecological Restoration More about Hawaiian and tropical dry forests
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More about extinction, endangerment, and alien species in Hawai‘i
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More about restoration ecology and ecological restoration
Baldwin, A. Dwight, Jr., Judith de Luce, and Carl Pletsch, eds. Beyond Preservation: Restoring and Inventing Landscapes. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1994.
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Warshauer, F. R. “Alien Species and Threats to Native Ecology.” In Atlas of Hawai‘i, 3rd ed., edited by Sonia P. Juvik and James O. Juvik, 146–49. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 1998.
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Leopold’s “alone in a world of wounds” quote
Leopold, Aldo. A Sand County Almanac. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1966.
Restoration ecology as the “acid test” of academic ecology
Bradshaw, Anthony D. “Restoration: The Acid Test for Ecology.” In Restoration Ecology: A Synthetic Approach to Ecological Research, edited by William R. Jordan III, Michael E. Gilpin, and John D. Aber, 23–29. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987.
Leopold’s “intelligent tinkering” quote
Leopold, Aldo. A Sand County Almanac. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1966.
Leopold’s “land organism” and “senseless barrier between science and art” quotes
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Leopold’s “doctor sick land” quote
Meine, Curt, and Richard L. Knight, eds. The Essential Aldo Leopold. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1999.
More about Leopold’s life, work, and ideas
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Cabin, R.J. (2011). Introduction: The Science of Restoration Ecology and the Practice of Ecological Restoration. In: Intelligent Tinkering. The Science and Practice of Ecological Restoration. Island Press, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-040-8_0
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