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Zusatztext " Wetland Habitats of North America offers plenty of information for the variety of wetland types that are discussed! will be a valuable reference for all wetland scientists and deserves a place in their library." Informationen zum Autor Darold Batzer is Professor of Entomology at the University of Georgia. He is the co-editor of Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands of North America (Wiley! 1999). Andrew Baldwin is Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Technology at the University of Maryland. He is the President of the Society of Wetland Scientists. Klappentext " Wetland Habitats of North America is essential reading for everyone who studies! manages! or visits North American wetlands. It fills an important void in the wetland literature! providing accessible and succinct descriptions of all of the continent's major wetland types." Arnold van der Valk! Iowa State University "Batzer and Baldwin have compiled the most comprehensive compendium of North American wetland habitats and their ecology that is presently available-a must for wetland scientists and managers." Irving A. Mendelssohn! Louisiana State University "If you want to gain a broad understanding of the ecology of North America's diverse wetlands! Wetland Habitats of North America is the book for you. Darold Batzer and Andrew Baldwin have assembled an impressive group of regional wetland scientists who have produced a virtual encyclopedia to the continent's wetlands. Reading the book is like a road trip across the Americas with guided tours of major wetland types by local experts. Your first stop will be to coastal wetlands with eight chapters covering tidal wetlands along the Atlantic! Gulf! and Pacific coasts. Then you'll travel inland where you can visit any or all of 18 types ranging from bottomland swamps of the Southeast to pothole marshes of the Northern Prairies to montane wetlands of the Rockies to tropical swamps of Central America and desert springs wetlands. All in one book-I'm impressed! Every wetlander should add this book to her or his swampland library. Ralph Tiner! University of Massachusetts-Amherst Zusammenfassung Suitable for students, scientists, engineers, environmental managers, and policy makers, this book reviews scientifically rigorous literature directly relevant to understanding, managing, protecting, and restoring wetland ecosystems of North America. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. WETLAND HABITATS OF NORTH AMERICA: AN INTRODUCTION Andrew H. Baldwin and Darold P. Batzer I. COASTAL WETLANDS 2. NORTH ATLANTIC COASTAL TIDAL WETLANDS Cathleen Wigand and Charles T. Roman 3. COASTAL WETLANDS OF CHESAPEAKE BAY Andrew H. Baldwin! Patrick J. Kangas! J. Patrick Megonigal! Matthew C. Perry! and Dennis F. Whigham 4. SOUTH ATLANTIC TIDAL WETLANDS Steven C. Pennings! Merryl Alber! Clark R. Alexander! Melissa Booth! Adrian Burd! Wei-Jun Cai! Christopher Craft! Chester B. DePratter! Daniela Di Iorio! Chuck Hopkinson! Samantha B. Joye! Christof D. Meile! Willard S. Moore! Brian Silliman! Victor Thompson! and John P. Wares 5. MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA WETLANDS Jenneke M. Visser! John W. Day! Jr.! Loretta L. Battaglia! Gary P. Shaffer! and Mark W. Hester 6. WETLANDS OF THE NORTHERN GULF COAST Loretta L. Battaglia! Mark S. Woodrey! Mark S. Peterson! Kevin S. Dillon! and Jenneke M. Visser 7. NEOTROPICAL COASTAL WETLANDS Karen L. McKee 8. PACIFIC COAST TIDAL WETLANDS John C. Callaway! Amy B. Borde! Heida L. Diefenderfer! V. Thomas Parker! John M. Rybczyk! and Ron M. Thom II. INLAND WETLANDS 9. NORTHERN PEATLANDS Line Rochefort! Maria Strack! Monique Poulin! J...
