caa a22 4500 605448094 CHVBK 20210128100135.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10539-014-9467-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10539-014-9467-6 Desjardins Eric Department of Philosophy, Rotman Institute of Philosophy, The University of Western Ontario, Stevenson Hall Building 2137, N6A 5B8, London, ON, Canada aut Historicity and ecological restoration [Elektronische Daten] [Eric Desjardins] This paper analyzes the relevance and interconnection of two forms of historicity in ecological restoration, namely historical fidelity and path dependence. Historical fidelity is the practice of attempting to restore an ecological system to some sort of idealized past condition. Path dependence occurs when a system can evolve in alternative local equilibria, and that the order and timing of the events that follow from the initial state influence which equilibrium is reached. Using theoretical examples and case studies, the following analysis shows that path dependence can seriously impinge the feasibility of historical fidelity, thus reinforcing the idea that restoration ecology needs to move away from a rigid reliance on historical fidelity and is sometimes justified to endorse an interventionist agenda. Yet, contra recent criticisms, I argue that ecological restoration, directed by prudential and evidence-based reasoning, should maintain historical fidelity as one of its guiding objectives. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2014 Historicity nationallicence Path dependence nationallicence Historical fidelity nationallicence Restoration nationallicence Ecology nationallicence Adaptive management nationallicence Biology & Philosophy Springer Netherlands 30/1(2015-01-01), 77-98 0169-3867 30:1<77 2015 30 10539 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-014-9467-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-014-9467-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Desjardins Eric Department of Philosophy, Rotman Institute of Philosophy, The University of Western Ontario, Stevenson Hall Building 2137, N6A 5B8, London, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Biology & Philosophy Springer Netherlands 30/1(2015-01-01), 77-98 0169-3867 30:1<77 2015 30 10539