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Creating and restoring wetlands : from theory to practice /
Creating and Restoring Wetlands: From Theory to Practice, Second Edition describes the challenges and opportunities relating to the restoration of freshwater and estuarine wetlands in natural, agricultural, and urban environments in the coming century. This second edition is structured by clearly de...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Elsevier,
2022.
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| Edición: | Second edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover
- Creating and Restoring Wetlands
- Creating and Restoring Wetlands From Theory to Practice
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1
- Introduction
- Why restore wetlands?
- Fundamental characteristics of wetlands
- Setting realistic goals
- Theory and practice
- Disturbance: identifying and ameliorating stressors
- Understanding ecosystem dynamics
- Accelerating restoration: succession and ecosystem development
- Reestablishing a self-supporting system
- The role of traditional ecological knowledge in wetland restoration
- References
- 2
- Definitions
- Introduction
- Wetland characteristics
- Hydrology
- Vegetation
- Soils
- Definitions
- Classification systems
- Legal frameworks
- United States
- State wetland programs
- Canada
- European Union
- China
- Other countries
- International
- Wetland ecosystem services
- Blue carbon
- Valuation of ecosystem services
- Created, restored, and constructed wetlands
- References
- 3
- Ecological theory and restoration
- Introduction
- Disturbance
- Dispersal and colonization
- Succession
- The organismic view-facilitation
- Nurse plants
- Mycorrhizae
- Bioaugmentation
- The individualistic view-tolerance and inhibition
- Other Gleasonian models
- Ecosystem development
- Biological invasions
- Community susceptibility to invasion
- Life history traits of invaders
- Allelopathy
- Invasive species and restoration
- References
- 4
- Consideration of the landscape
- Introduction
- The importance of connectivity
- Stressors of natural, agricultural, and urban landscapes
- Wetland functions and placement on the landscape
- The need for a watershed approach
- Selecting and prioritizing sites for restoration
- Watershed and wetland characteristics to identify suitable sites
- Prioritizing sites for restoration
- References
- 5
- Inland marshes
- Introduction
- Prairie potholes
- Sedge meadows
- Playas
- Great Lakes marshes
- Karst wetlands
- Vernal pools
- Wet grasslands
- Theory
- Practice
- Restoring hydrology
- Reestablishing vegetation
- Restoring and recreating soils
- Amendments
- Ecosystem development
- Keys to ensure success
- References
- 6
- Forested wetlands
- Introduction
- Riparian forests
- Floodplain forests
- Mississippi Alluvial Valley bottomland hardwood forests
- Cypress domes-pine flatwoods
- Carolina and Delmarva Bays
- Forested wetlands as habitat
- Loss of forested wetlands
- Theory
- Practice
- Riparian forest
- Floodplain forest
- Cypress domes and Carolina Bays
- Importance of microtopography
- Amendments
- Ecosystem development
- Keys to ensure success
- References
- 7
- Peatlands
- Introduction
- Peat-origin, composition, and geographic distribution
- Peatland succession
- Theory
- Practice
- Bog restoration
- Fen restoration
- Rewetting of fens