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Everglades : the ecosystem and its restoration
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- Creator
- editors, Steve Davis, John Ogden
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Delray Beach, FL : St. Lucie Press, [1994]
- ©1994
- Physical Details
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- xv, 826 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 26 cm + 1 folded map
- ISBNs
- 9780963403025, 0963403028
- OCLC
- ocm29519403
- Map on folded leaf in pocket.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Foreword / Nathaniel P. Reed -- 1. Introduction / Steven M. Davis and John C. Ogden -- 2. Ecosystems as Products of Spatially and Temporally Varying Driving Forces, Ecological Processes, and Landscapes: A Theoretical Perspective / Donald L. DeAngelis and Peter S. White -- 3. Wetland Ecosystem Protection, Management, and Restoration: An International Perspective / E. Maltby and P. J. Dugan -- 4. Water Control in the Everglades: A Historical Perspective / Stephen S. Light and J. Walter Dineen -- 5. Everglades Agriculture: Past, Present, and Future / G. H. Snyder and J. M. Davidson -- 6. Changes in Freshwater Inflow from the Everglades to Florida Bay Including Effects on Biota and Biotic Processes: A Review / Carole C. McIvor, Janet A. Ley and Robin D. Bjork -- 7. Age, Origin, and Landscape Evolution of the Everglades Peatland / Patrick J. Gleason and Peter Stone -- 8. Sea Level Control on Stability of Everglades Wetlands / Harold R. Wanless, Randall W. Parkinson and Lenore P. Tedesco -- 9. The Climate of South Florida and Its Role in Shaping the Everglades Ecosystem / M. J. Duever, J. F. Meeder, L. C. Meeder and J. M. McCollom -- 10. A Computer Model to Simulate Natural Everglades Hydrology / Robert J. Fennema, Calvin J. Neidrauer, Robert A. Johnson, Thomas K. MacVicar and William A. Perkins -- 11. Fire Patterns in the Southern Everglades / L. H. Gunderson and J. R. Snyder -- 12. Synthesis: Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of the Environment / Donald L. DeAngelis -- 13. Vegetation of the Everglades: Determinants of Community Composition / Lance H. Gunderson -- 14. The Biology, Distribution, and Ecological Consequences of Melaleuca quinquenervia in the Everglades / Michael J. Bodle, Amy P. Ferriter and Daniel D. Thayer -- 15. Phosphorus Inputs and Vegetation Sensitivity in the Everglades / Steven M. Davis -- 16. Periphyton in the Everglades: Spatial Variation, Environmental Correlates, and Ecological Implications / Joan A. Browder, Patrick J. Gleason and David R. Swift -- 17. Landscape Dimension, Composition, and Function in a Changing Everglades Ecosystem / Steven M. Davis, Lance H. Gunderson, Winifred A. Park, John R. Richardson and Jennifer E. Mattson -- 18. Synthesis: Vegetation Pattern and Process in the Everglades Ecosystem / Peter S. White -- 19. Long-Term Dynamics of an Everglades Small-Fish Assemblage / William F. Loftus and Anne-Marie Eklund -- 20. Ecology of the American Alligator in a Seasonally Fluctuating Environment / Frank J. Mazzotti and Laura A. Brandt -- 21. The Snail Kite in the Florida Everglades: A Food Specialist in a Changing Environment / Robert E. Bennetts, Michael W. Collopy and James A. Rodgers, Jr. -- 22. A Comparison of Wading Bird Nesting Colony Dynamics (1931-1946 and 1974-1989) as an Indication of Ecosystem Conditions in the Southern Everglades / John C. Ogden -- 23. Nutrient Transport by Wading Birds in the Everglades / Peter C. Frederick and George V. N. Powell -- 24. Foraging Habitat of Wading Birds in the Water Conservation Areas of the Everglades / Wayne Hoffman, G. Thomas Bancroft and Richard J. Sawicki -- 25. Relationships among Wading Bird Foraging Patterns, Colony Locations, and Hydrology in the Everglades / G. Thomas Bancroft, Allan M. Strong, Richard J. Sawicki, Wayne Hoffman and Susan D. Jewell -- 26. Factors Affecting Reproductive Success of Wading Birds (Ciconiiformes) in the Everglades Ecosystem / Peter C. Frederick and Marilyn G. Spalding -- 27. Landscape, White-Tailed Deer, and the Distribution of Florida Panthers in the Everglades / Tommy R. Smith and Oron L. Bass, Jr. -- 28. The Faunal Chapters: Contexts, Synthesis, and Departures / William B. Robertson, Jr. and Peter C. Frederick -- 29. The Structure and Dynamics of the Everglades System: Guidelines for Ecosystem Restoration / C. S. Holling, Lance H. Gunderson and Carl J. Walters -- 30. A Screening of Water Policy Alternatives for Ecological Restoration in the Everglades / Carl J. Walters and Lance H. Gunderson -- 31. Toward Ecosystem Restoration / Steven M. Davis and John C. Ogden