Environmental Role of Wetlands in Headwaters

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Krecek, Josef (Editor), Haigh, Martin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: NATO Science Series: IV: Earth and Environmental Sciences, 63
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Environmental management.; Landscape ecology.; Forestry management.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Earth Sciences.; Earth Sciences, general.; Environmental Management.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Landscape Ecology.; Forestry Management.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.

Internationally, the wetlands of headwater and upland regions provide many valuable environmental services. This book moves towards a more comprehensive inventory of the benefits and costs of headwater wetlands. It evaluates the research that tries to understand the tolerances, exchanges, checks and...