Restoration, reconciliation, and reconnecting with
nature nearby
James R.
Miller*
Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management and Department of Landscape Architecture,
Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-3221, USA
A R T I C L E I N F O
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Restoration, reconciliation, and reconnecting with
nature nearby
James R.
Miller*
Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management and Department of Landscape Architecture,
Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-3221, USA
A R T I C L E I N F O
Article history:
Received 16 December 2004
Received in revised form
28 June 2005
Accepted 4 July 2005
Available online 18 October 2005
Keywords:
Biotic homogenization
Grassland birds
Midwestern United States
Habitat restoration
Urbanization
Reconciliation ecology
Prairie
A B S T R A C T
Biotic homogenization is in many ways a function of spatial and temporal scale.
Another
aspect of this phenomenon that perhaps receives somewhat less attention is related to
‘‘the scale of human experience’’, particularly in the way that people view homogenization.
Here, I examine the relationship between scale and efforts to reverse the loss of native species using two case studies in the Midwestern U.
S.
Both of these are focused on the restoration of pr
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