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recreatability
recreatability(salvageability) In conservation, the extent to which a community or ecosystem could be re-established following disturbance (by motorway building, open-cast mining, etc.) without any noticeable change. Certain long-established communities (e.g. in Britain primary woodlands) are thought not to be recreatable since they would take many hundreds of years to re-establish their present detailed structure and composition and it is virtually impossible to reconstruct the same long-term environmental influences as fashioned their present form. Research continues into ways of recreating the important features of certain communities and some success has been achieved with grassland.
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MICHAEL ALLABY. "recreatability." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL ALLABY. "recreatability." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O14-recreatability.html MICHAEL ALLABY. "recreatability." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O14-recreatability.html |
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recreatability
recreatability (salvageability) The term used by conservationists to denote a community or ecosystem that could be readily re-established following disturbance (by motorway building, opencast mining, etc.) without any noticeable change. Certain long-established communities (e.g. in Britain primary woodlands) are thought not to be recreatable since they would take many hundreds of years to re-establish their present detailed structure and composition and it is virtually impossible to reconstruct the same long-term environmental influences as fashioned their present form.
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MICHAEL ALLABY. "recreatability." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL ALLABY. "recreatability." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O7-recreatability.html MICHAEL ALLABY. "recreatability." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O7-recreatability.html |
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