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Creating and restoring wetlands : from theory to practice / [electronic resource]

by Craft, Christopher B [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, 2016.Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9780124076594; 0124076599; 0124072321; 9780124072329.Subject(s): Wetland restoration | Wetlands -- Conservation and restoration | Wetland ecology | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General | NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- General | SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology | Wetland ecology | Wetland restoration | Wetlands -- Conservation and restoration | Electronic book | Electronic booksOnline resources: ScienceDirect
Contents:
Part 1. Foundations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Definitions -- 3. Ecological theory and restoration -- 4. Consideration of the landscape -- Part 2. Restoration of freshwater wetlands -- 5. Inland marshes -- 6. Forested woodlands -- 7. Peatlands -- Part 3. Restoration of estuarine wetlands -- 8. Tidal marshes -- 9. Mangroves -- Part 3. From theory to practice -- 10. Measuring success: performance standards and trajectories of ecosystem development -- 11. Case studies -- 12. Restoration on a grand scale -- 13. Future of wetland restoration.
Summary: This book summarizes the state of our understanding of the field of wetland restoration, both coastal and inland, in the context of ecological theory, with discussions of hydrology, soils, biota, wetland succession, ecosystem development following restoration, along with a variety of case studies that illustrate estuarine and freshwater large-scale restoration. -- Publisher's website.
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Part 1. Foundations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Definitions -- 3. Ecological theory and restoration -- 4. Consideration of the landscape -- Part 2. Restoration of freshwater wetlands -- 5. Inland marshes -- 6. Forested woodlands -- 7. Peatlands -- Part 3. Restoration of estuarine wetlands -- 8. Tidal marshes -- 9. Mangroves -- Part 3. From theory to practice -- 10. Measuring success: performance standards and trajectories of ecosystem development -- 11. Case studies -- 12. Restoration on a grand scale -- 13. Future of wetland restoration.

This book summarizes the state of our understanding of the field of wetland restoration, both coastal and inland, in the context of ecological theory, with discussions of hydrology, soils, biota, wetland succession, ecosystem development following restoration, along with a variety of case studies that illustrate estuarine and freshwater large-scale restoration. -- Publisher's website.

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