Curtis Richardson

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The Everglades Experiments (eBook, PDF)

Lessons for Ecosystem Restoration

Beschreibung

An Integrated Approach to Wetland Ecosystem Science provides the long- term integrated scientific studies needed to understand the functioning of the Everglades region. Background information about current and historical ecological conditions of the region set the context for reports of long-term research projects. Subsequent sections present models for predicting responses to various conditions and analyze the studies and models, focusing on management and restoration of the Everglades. This book will interest professionals and graduate students interested in ecosystems and wetland ecology.

Technische Details

• Geräte: PC
• ohne Kopierschutz
• Größe: 20.96MB

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

About the Author: Curtis J. Richardson is a professor of Resource Ecology at the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, and Director of the Duke University Wetland Center in Durham, NC.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer US
• Seitenzahl: 702
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780387689234
• Artikelnr.: 37286163

Rezensionen

From the reviews: "The Everglades experiments is one of the few synthesis books that could be used by policy makers and scientists to adopt strategies for Everglades restoration. ... The Everglades experiments: lessons for ecosystem restoration is a great resource to scientists and researchers at different universities, and state and federal agencies that are involved in Everglades restoration. It will be useful to students in the ecology and the environmental fields with the Everglades used as a case example." (Samira Daroub, Ecology, Vol. 90 (2), 2009)