Biodiversity in wetlands
Subtitle: assessment, function and conservation
By: edited by B. Gopal, W.J. Junk and J.A. Davis.
Contributors: Gopal, Brij, 1944-; Junk, Wolfgang J.; Davis, J. A.
Publisher: Backhuys
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
Subjects: Biological diversity.; Biological diversity conservation.; Wetland ecology.; Biodiversité.; Biodiversité -- Conservation.; Écologie des zones humides.; Diversidad biológica.; Diversidad biológica -- Conservación.; Conservación de tierras humedas.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Biodiversity in wetlands: an introduction / Brij Gopal and W.J. Junk; title: The importance of stream-wetland-systems for biodiversity: a tropical perspective / Karl Matthias Wantzen and Wolfgang Johannes Junk; title: Riverine wetlands and biodiversity conservation in tropical Asia / David Dudgeon; title: Fish biodiversity in floodplains and their associated rivers / R.L. Welcomme; title: Biodiversity in the high Paraná River floodplain / A.A. Agostinho ... [et al.]; title: Mechanisms for development and maintenance of biodiversity in neotropical floodplains / Wolfgang J. Junk; title: Biodiversity of a Danubian floodplain: structural, functional, and compositional aspects / Klement Tockner ... [et al.]; title: Determinants of avian diversity in neotropical mangrove forests / Gaëtan Lefebvre and Brigitte Poulin; title: Biodiversity in wetlands of dry regions (drylands) / L. Brandon and A.D. Williams; title: Floristic diversity in the Okavango Delta, Botswana as an endogenous product of biological activity / U.N. Keller, U.S. McCarthy and A.M. Bakersfield; title: Karst wetlands biodiversity and continuity through major climatic change: an example from arid tropical Western Australia / W.J. Humphreys; title: Biodiversity of Estonian wetlands / Viktor Masing, Jaanus Paal and Andres Kuresoo; title: Bacterial biodiversity in wetlands / Paul I. Boon; title: Restoration of biodiversity to coastal and inland wetlands / Joy B. Zedler; title: International mechanisms for the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands / Devin M. Bartley; title: v. 2. Biodiversity of the French river Rhône and its floodplain: current state, historical changes and restoration potential / Jean-Franeçois Fruget and Jean-Louis Michelot; title: Biodiversity changes in the lower Danube river system / A. Vadineanu, S. Cristofor, and V. Iordache; title: Plant diversity of fen landscapes in the Netherlands / Jos T.A. Verhoeven and Roland Bobbink; title: Factors influencing biodiversity in coastal plain wetlands of Southwestern Australia / Jenny A. Davis, Stuart A. Halse and Ray H. Froend; title: Wetlands of East Africa: biodiversity, exploitation and policy perspectives / Lauren J. Chapman ... [et al.]; title: Biodiversity and conservation of afrotropical wetland invertebrates / Nic. Pacini and David M. Harper; title: Diversity in some tropical wetland systems of South America / Juan José Neiff; title: Biodiversity and management of Keoladeo National Park (India); title: A wetland of international importance / Malavika Chauhan and Brij Gopal; title: South Asian wetlands and their biodiversity: the role of monosoons / Brij Gopal and Valavika Chauhan; title: Assessment, determinants, function and conservation of biodiversity in wetlands: present status and future needs / Brij Gopal and W.J. Junk.