The Worlds Largest Wetlands
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Author | : Lauchlan H. Fraser |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 488 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Electronic books |
ISBN | : 9780511199004 |
This volume presents the views of leading experts on each of the world's largest wetland systems. This international team of authors share their understanding of the ecological dynamics of large wetlands and their significance, and emphasise their need of conservation.
Author | : Lauchlan H. Fraser |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 500 |
Release | : 2005-06-30 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 113944395X |
This volume presents the views of leading experts on each of the world's largest wetland systems. This international team of authors share their understanding of the ecological dynamics of large wetlands and their significance, and emphasise their need of conservation.
Author | : Lauchlan H. Fraser |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 512 |
Release | : 2005-06-10 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780521834049 |
Experts share their understanding of the ecology of large wetlands, their significance and their conservation.
Author | : Ivan Bergier |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2015-11-30 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 331918735X |
This book provides readers with in-depth insights into the changes in the Pantanal wetland from its formation to the actual and likely future states. It reveals that today’s Pantanal is an evolutionary consequence of geological, ecological and, more recently, man-made events taking place at distinct space-time intervals. Topics include geotectonics and sun-earth interactions, which largely dictate the rate of drastic changes that eventually disrupt ecological stability and radically rebuild the regional landscape. Furthermore, the biota-climate system is discussed as a major driver reshaping the ecohydrology functioning of the landscape on an intermediate timescale. Also covered are major changes in the landscape ecohydrology and biodiversity due to recent land-use and climate changes induced by humankind in the Anthropocene. The ability to recognize how those temporal scales impact the Pantanal wetland provides the opportunity for wise management approaches and the sustainable development of the region.
Author | : F.D. Por |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 133 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9401100314 |
Until now there has never been a monograph devoted to the Pantanal, the world's largest wetland. The subject has received scant attention in the international literature, so a number of scattered Portuguese papers are reviewed for an English-language readership. The book presents a broad treatment of the Pantanal, ranging from geology to flora, fauna, and the human presence. The publication of this book is most timely, and will be of crucial importance in decisions affecting the ambitious project for a second South American inland Waterway.
Author | : Theo Allofs |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Academic |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Natural history |
ISBN | : 9781845378196 |
At more than twenty times the size of North America's Everglades, the Brazilian Pantanal is the world's largest wetland, and a wilderness area of international significance.With one of the most spectacular concentrations of wildlife on earth, and rare and endangered species almost impossible to find elsewhere, this hugely productive environment is an increasingly popular ecotourism destination. Theo Allofs' superb photography is accompanied by text written byscientists from Conservation International. In it they detail the driving forces of the Pantanal ecosystem, including the annual cycle of flood and drought that has created the mosaic of forests, grassland, wetland and rivers; the history of the people who make the Pantanal their home; and issues surrounding development and conservation. Evocative and informative, Pantanal is a beautiful exploration of this captivating and truly magical region.
Author | : Fred Pearce |
Publisher | : HarperCollins UK |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2020-02-10 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0008405123 |
Where water meets land, life abounds. This is the story of the nature and people of the wetlands of the world.
Author | : Katarzyna Nowak |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 481 |
Release | : 2019-01-03 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1107134315 |
A ground breaking study of primates that live in flooded habitats around the world.
Author | : Edward Struzik |
Publisher | : Island Press |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 2021-10-12 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1642830801 |
In a world filled with breathtaking beauty, we have often overlooked the elusive magic of certain landscapes. A cloudy river flows into an Arctic wetland where sandhill cranes and muskoxen dwell. Further south, cypress branches hang low over dismal swamps. Places like these-collectively known as swamplands or peatlands-often go unnoticed for their ecological splendor. They are as globally significant as rainforests, yet, because of their reputation as wastelands, they are being systematically drained and degraded. Swamplands celebrates these wild places, as journalist Edward Struzik highlights the unappreciated struggle to save peatlands by scientists, conservationists, and landowners around the world. An ode to peaty landscapes in all their offbeat glory, the book is also a demand for awareness of the myriad threats they face. It inspires us to see the beauty and importance in these least likely of places. Our planet's survival might depend on it.
Author | : Paul A. Keddy |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 549 |
Release | : 2010-07-29 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0521739675 |
This text provides a synthesis of the existing field of wetland ecology using a few central themes, including key environmental factors that produce wetland community types and some unifying problems such as assembly rules, restoration and conservation.