Status and Life History of the Everglades Kite in the United States

Status and Life History of the Everglades Kite in the United States
Author: Walter O. Stieglitz
Publisher:
Total Pages: 28
Release: 1967
Genre: Endangered species
ISBN:

The Florida everglade kite, Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus, though reduced in numbers to hardly more than 20, still has a chance to survive. This northern-most subspecies is found only in southern Florida where its continued existence depends on the fresh-water marsh snail Pomacea paludis, its only food. Preservation of some suitable marsh areas, as in Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, is essential to the survival of this endangered species.

Status and Life History of the Everglades Kite in the United States

Status and Life History of the Everglades Kite in the United States
Author: Walter O. Stieglitz
Publisher:
Total Pages: 28
Release: 1967
Genre: Endangered species
ISBN:

The Florida everglade kite, Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus, though reduced in numbers to hardly more than 20, still has a chance to survive. This northern-most subspecies is found only in southern Florida where its continued existence depends on the fresh-water marsh snail Pomacea paludis, its only food. Preservation of some suitable marsh areas, as in Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, is essential to the survival of this endangered species.

The Everglades, Florida Bay, and Coral Reefs of the Florida Keys

The Everglades, Florida Bay, and Coral Reefs of the Florida Keys
Author: James Porter
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 1025
Release: 2001-10-18
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1420039415

Providing a synthesis of basic and applied research, The Everglades, Florida Bay, and Coral Reefs of the Florida Keys: An Ecosystem Sourcebook takes an encyclopedic look at how to study and manage ecosystems connected by surface and subsurface water movements. The book examines the South Florida hydroscape, a series of ecosystems linked by hydrolog

Progress Report

Progress Report
Author: Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Publisher:
Total Pages: 112
Release: 1970
Genre:
ISBN:

Everglades

Everglades
Author: Steve Davis
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 855
Release: 1994-01-01
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1466571756

The 31 chapters provide a wealth of previously unpublished information, plus topic syntheses, for a wide range of ecological parameters. These include the physical driving forces that created and continue to shape the Everglades and patterns and processes of its flora and fauna. The book summarizes recent studies of the region's vegetation, alligat