Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 658 g
The Dynamics of Social-Ecological Transformation in the South Florida Landscape
Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 658 g
Reihe: The Long-Term Ecological Research Network Series
ISBN: 978-0-19-086900-7
Verlag: Hurst & Co.
Everglades, while also developing a platform for and linkages to related work conducted by an active and diverse Everglades research community. The program is based at Florida International University in Miami, but includes scientists and students from numerous other universities as well as staff scientists at key
resource management agencies, including Everglades National Park and the South Florida Water Management District.
Though the Everglades landscape spans nearly a third of the State of Florida, the focus on the coastal Everglades has allowed the contributors to examine key questions in social-ecological science in the context of ongoing restoration initiatives. As this book demonstrates, the long-term research of the FCE LTER has facilitated a better understanding of the roles of sea level rise, water management practices, urban and agricultural development, and other disturbances, such as fires and storms,
on the past and future dynamics of this unique coastal environment. By comparing properties of the Everglades with other subtropical and tropical wetlands, the book challenges ideas of novelty while revealing properties of ecosystems at the ends of gradients that are often ignored. It also provides
insights from, and encouragement for, long-term collaborative studies that inform resource management in similarly threatened coastal wetland landscapes.