Transdisciplinary Challenges in Landscape Ecology and Restoration Ecology - An Anthology Book

Foreword. Introduction. Part A: Mediterranean issues. 1. Mediterranean ecosystems and vegetation types in California and Israel; Z. Naveh.- 2. Structural and floristic diversity of shrublands and woodlands in northern Israel and other Mediterranean areas; Z. Naveh, R.H. Whittaker.- 3. Fire in the Mediterranean - a landscape ecological perspective; Z. Naveh.- 4. From biodiversity to ecodiversity: a landscape-ecology approach to conservation and restoration; Z. Naveh.- 5. Conservation, restoration, and research priorities for Mediterranean uplands, threatened by global climate change; Z. Naveh.- 6. From biodiversity to ecodiversity - holistic conservation of the biological and cultural diversity of Mediterranean landscapes; Z. Naveh.- 7. The role of fire in the evolution of the Mediterranean cultural landscape in the Pleisene and Early Holocene with special reference to Mt. Carmel; Z. Naveh.- Part B. Global issues. 8. The development of Tanzania Masailand. A sociological and ecological challenge; Z. Naveh.- 9. The role of landscape ecology in development; Z. Naveh.- 10. Culture and landscape conservation: A landscape ecological perspective; Z. Naveh.- 11. Ecological and cultural landscape restoration and the cultural evolution towards a post-industrial symbiosis between human society and nature; Z. Naveh.- 12. Ten major premises for a holistic conception of multifunctional landscapes; Z. Naveh.- 13. Multifunctional, self-organizing biosphere landscapes and the future of our Total Human Ecosystem; Z. Naveh.- Part C. Recapitulation. 14. The transformation of landscape ecology and restoration ecology into transdisciplinary sciences - recapitulation and revision; Z. Naveh.-