GUIDE TO WETLANDS - Softcover

 
9781554071111: GUIDE TO WETLANDS
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1554071119 ISBN 13: 9781554071111
Verlag: Firefly Books Ltd, 2005

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A comprehensive and fascinating guide to the wetlands of the world that covers important wetland wildlife in detail, with a special focus on birds.

The ecology of marshes, estuaries, floodplains, lagoons, swamps and bogs supports an exceptionally rich diversity of species. Many wetlands around the world are now open to the public as nature reserves that generate millions of visitors including birdwatchers and amateur ecologists.

Guide to Wetlands covers the many aspects of the study of wetlands in a single, portable volume. Using spectacular color photographs and clear explanatory illustrations alongside the author's concise text, it discusses:

  • What are wetlands
  • Wetland diversity
  • How wetlands work
  • The need for wetlands
  • Adapting to life in wetlands
  • Plant adaptation
  • Animal adaptation
  • People and wetlands
  • Loss of wetlands
  • Rural development and agriculture
  • Wetland conservation
  • Wetland wildlife.

The book includes a wetland atlas with maps identifying wetland environments around the world and describing topography and important features. Birdwatchers will find this book of particular interest.

Guide to Wetlands is an essential reference on a crucial aspect of the global environment that will appeal to naturalists, birdwatchers, ecologists and travelers.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Dr. Patrick Dugan was the Director of the World Conservation Union's Wetland Program and is now Deputy Director-General of the World Fish Center for Africa and West Asia.

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Verlag
Firefly Books Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2005
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1554071119
ISBN 13 
9781554071111
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
304
Herausgeber
Dugan Patrick
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