Wetlands: Functioning, Biodiversity Conservation, and Restoration

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bobbink, Roland (Editor), Beltman, Boudewijn (Editor), Verhoeven, Jos T. A. (Editor), Whigham, Dennis F. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
• Series: Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 191
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Ecology.; Biodiversity.; Landscape ecology.; Aquatic ecology.; Nature conservation.; Water pollution.; Life Sciences.; Landscape Ecology.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Nature Conservation.
• Physical Description: XXV, 315 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783540331896
• ISSN: 0070-8356 ;

Together with its companion Volume 190 Wetlands and Natural Resource Management, this volume gives a broad and well-integrated overview of recent major scientific results in wetland science and their applications in natural resource management issues. After an introduction into the field, 12 chapters contributed by internationally known experts summarize the state of the art on a particular subject. They are divided into the following three sections: Functioning of Plants and Animals in Wetlands Conservation and Management of Wetlands Wetland Restoration and Creation. The volume is of interest to wetland scientists, natural resource managers, as well as policy makers.