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Causal factors for wetland management and restoration [electronic resource] / Paul A. Keddy.

This book presents 12 effective methods to manage wetlands for conservation. It offers a tool box of causal factors that can be used to protect and restore wetlands to enhance biological diversity and other functions. Each causal factor is introduced, briefly explained, and then illuminated with sel...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Keddy, Paul A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, 2023.
Series:Wetlands ecology, conservation and management ; v. 8.
Subjects:
Wetland restoration.
Wetland ecology.
Wetland conservation.
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • About the Author
  • Chapter 1: Introduction to Wetlands
  • 1.1 What Is a Wetland?
  • 1.2 Where Do Wetlands Occur?
  • 1.3 The Six Basic Types of Wetlands
  • 1.4 Three Other Approaches to Wetland Classification
  • 1.4.1 A Global View
  • 1.4.2 A Hydrogeomorphic View
  • 1.4.3 A View Based on Water Sources
  • 1.5 Ecoregions and Wetland Classification
  • References
  • Chapter 2: The Causal Factor Approach to Wetland Ecology
  • 2.1 Causal Factors Are a Simplifying Tool for Wetland Ecology
  • 2.2 The Importance of Multiple Working Hypotheses.
  • 2.3 Revisiting Protection and Restoration
  • References
  • Chapter 3: Duration of Flooding Is the Most Important Causal Factor
  • 3.1 Flood Duration Controls Wetlands
  • 3.2 Flooding Changes Wetland Soils
  • 3.3 Flooding Is a Stress
  • 3.4 How Plants Cope with Flooding
  • 3.5 Flooding Has Secondary Effects
  • 3.5.1 Secondary Effects in Swamps
  • 3.5.2 Secondary Effects in Marshes
  • 3.5.3 Secondary Effects in Peatlands
  • 3.5.4 Secondary Effects in Aquatic Wetlands
  • 3.6 Flooding Is the Main Causal Factor
  • References
  • Chapter 4: Flood Pulses.
  • 4.1 Changes in Water Level Are Natural in Lakes, Rivers, and Wetlands
  • 4.2 Flood Pulses Are a Natural-And Necessary-Occurrence
  • 4.3 Humans Are Interfering with Natural Flood Pulses
  • 4.4 Flood Pulses Increase Marsh Area and Diversity: The Twin Limit Model
  • 4.5 Flood Pulses Have Other Important Effects in Watersheds
  • 4.6 Vernal Pools: A Special Case of a General Principle
  • References
  • Chapter 5: Fertility
  • 5.1 Nitrogen and Phosphorus Control Fertility
  • 5.2 Peatlands Have Relatively Low Fertility
  • 5.3 The Everglades Have Extremely Low Fertility.
  • 5.4 Fertilization Threatens a Globally Imperiled Plant Species
  • 5.5 Increased Fertility Causes Many Other Changes in Wetlands
  • References
  • Chapter 6: Natural Disturbance
  • 6.1 Natural Disturbances Remove Biomass
  • 6.1.1 Duration
  • 6.1.2 Intensity
  • 6.1.3 Frequency
  • 6.1.4 Area
  • 6.2 Fire Has Many Effects upon Wetlands
  • 6.3 Natural Disturbance Is Common along Rivers
  • 6.4 Animals Create Natural Disturbance
  • 6.5 Wetlands Recover from Disturbance by Seeds and Rhizomes
  • 6.6 Humans Have Big Effects When They Alter Natural Disturbances in Landscapes
  • References.
  • Chapter 7: Competition
  • 7.1 Competition Is a Biological Causal Factor
  • 7.2 Large Clonal Plants Tend to Exclude Weaker Competitors
  • 7.3 Competition Among Plants Drives Plant Succession
  • 7.4 Competition Among Plants Changes Animal Habitat
  • References
  • Chapter 8: Herbivory
  • 8.1 Herbivory Is a Biological Causal Factor
  • 8.2 Hippopotamus in Tropical Wetlands
  • 8.3 Snow Geese in Northern Marshes
  • 8.4 Selective Grazing Can Increase or Decrease Diversity
  • 8.5 Bottom-Up or Top-Down? The Biological Control of Herbivores
  • 8.6 Large Herbivores Are Declining.

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