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The Everglades handbook : understanding the ecosystem /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lodge, Thomas E., 1943-
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, c2010.
Edición:Third edition.
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • An ecosystem overview
  • what is (or are?) the Everglades?
  • The Everglades in space and time
  • Freshwater marshes
  • Tree islands
  • Tropical hardwood hammocks
  • Pinelands
  • The Big Cypress Swamp
  • Mangrove swamps
  • Coastal lowland vegetation... and hurricanes!
  • Estuarine and coastal marine waters
  • Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades headwaters
  • Peripheral ecosystems of the Everglades
  • Origins of the flora and fauna
  • Invertebrates
  • Freshwater fishes
  • Marine and estuarine fishes
  • Amphibians
  • Reptiles
  • Mammals
  • Birds
  • Synthesis : ecological relationships and processes in the Everglades region
  • Man and the Everglades.