Wetland landscape characterization practical tools, methods, and approaches for landscape ecology

• Main Author: Lopez, Ricardo D.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2013.
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Subjects: Wetland ecology.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781466504325
• Physical Description: xii, 295 p. : ill., map.

"Preface Decision makers of all types are increasingly called upon to determine the details of the complex and transitional ecosystem called "wetlands." Because wetlands are, by their very nature, ephemeral and transitional, their complexity makes the task of capturing their essence,...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction : the challenge
• 2. Key themes driving landscape characterization
• 3. Traditional to contemporary characterization methods
• 4. Integrating field-based data and geospatial data
• 5. Utilizing broad-scale characterization approaches
• 6. Determining ecological functions of wetlands with landscape characterization.