The Pantanal : ecology, biodiversity and sustainable management of a large neotropical seasonal wetland /

Richlly illustrated with color and b/w photos, drawings, maps, tabs, graphs, index.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Junk, Wolfgang J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sofia : Pensoft, 2011.
Temas:
Ecology > Pantanal.
Biodiversity > Pantanal.
Biodiversity conservation > Pantanal.
Sustainable development > Pantanal.
Biodiversité > Pantanal.
Biodiversité > Conservation > Pantanal.
Développement durable > Pantanal.
NATURE > Essays.
NATURE > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Ecotourism.
Biodiversity
Biodiversity conservation
Ecology
Sustainable development
Pantanal > Environmental conditions.
Pantanal > Conditions environnementales.
South America > Pantanal
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; Notes on contributors; INTRODUCTION; The Pantanal: A largeSouth American wetland and itsposition in limnological theory; Aspects of geological andsedimentological evolution of the Pantanal plain; The soil diversity of the Pantanal; Hydrology of surface and ground watersin the Pantanal floodplains; A preliminary classification of habitatsof the Pantanal of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, and its relationto national and international wetlandclassification systems
  • Cerrado stream valleys and theirvegetation: Structure, impacts byerosion, and recuperation strategiesHydrochemistry of lakes, rivers andgroundwater; Biogeochemical characterization ofwater, plants and soils in the floodplainsof the Northern Pantanal of MatoGrosso (Brazil)
  • A comparison with Central-Amazonian floodplains; PART II Plant Life; Phytoplankton, periphyton, andmetaphyton of the Pantanal floodplains:species composition and richness, density, biomass, and primaryproduction; Species diversity, distribution, andbiomass of aquatic macrophytes of the Pantanal
  • Species diversity of terrestrial plants andhuman impact on the vegetation of the PantanalLandscape units of the Pantanal:structure, function, and human use; Natural and cultivated pastures andtheir use by cattle; PART III Animal Life; Zooplankton: species diversity, abundance and community development; Benthic invertebrates of the Pantanaland its tributaries; Arthropods associated with a forestof Attalea phalerata Mart. (Arecaceae)palm trees in the Northern Pantanal; Ecology of Pantanal Fish
  • Diversity, ecology, management andconservation of amphibians and reptilesof the Brazilian Pantanal: a reviewThe Birds of the Pantanal; Mammals in the Pantanal wetland, Brazil; Stable isotope ecology of the food websof the Pantanal; PART IV HUMAN USE, IMPACTS, AND CONSERVATION; Fishery and fishing resources in the Pantanal; Ecology and management of Caimanyacare (Daudin 1802) of the BrazilianPantanal; Ribeirinhos between ecological adaptation and modernisation; Gold- mining near Poconé:environmental, social, and economicimpact; Human impacts and environmentalproblems in the Brazilian Pantanal
  • Traditional Knowledge in the PantanalRegion in Brazil and Potential Usage inModern Medicine: The Legal Frameworkfor Bioprospection in BrazilTraditional beef cattle ranching andsustainable production in the Pantanal; Traditional use of vegetation forcattle-raising in the Pantanal on the Brazilian-Bolivian border; Suggestions for a sustainablemanagement concept for the Pantanal; CONCLUSIONS; Ecology, biodiversity and sustainable management of the Pantanal: a synthesis; Index

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