Southern Forested Wetlands: Ecology and Management

Michael G Messina Texas A & M University
William H Conner Clemson University

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Cat. #: L1228 ISBN: 1566702283 Publication Date: 11/11/1997 Number of Pages: 640

New information on managing forested wetlands is often developed in isolation of other activities occurring in the region. Although many excellent texts exist on the ecology of southern forested wetlands none present both the ecological and management aspects of these important ecosystems.

Compiled by members of the Consortium for Research on Southern Forested Wetlands, this book includes contributions from many experts in the field. It is a collaboration of those working to conserve, study, and manage these economically and environmentally influential areas.

Southern Forested Wetlands: Ecology and Management is a textbook for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students as well as a first-rate reference for scientists and managers.

• Provides consistent chapter organization for easy reference
• Geographic coverage ranges from West Virginia to Florida to Texas and inland north to Arkansas and Tennessee
• Addresses specific wetland types including deepwater swamps, major and minor alluvial floodplains, pocosins and Carolina bays, mountain fens, pondcypress swamps, flatwoods wetlands, and mangroves
• Includes an appendix of common and scientific names of plants and animals native to southern forested wetlands
• Includes more than 60 diagrams to illustrate text