Southern Forested Wetlands Ecology and Management Routledge Library Editions: Ecology Series

Originally published in 1998, Southern Forested Wetlands is an up to date, one source compendium of current knowledge on the wetland ecology of America?s southern forests. This book presents both the ecological and management aspects of these important ecosystems. The book was compiled by members of the Consortium for Research on southern forested wetlands, and was a collaboration of those working to conserve, study, and manage these economically and environmentally influential areas. The book covers geographic ranges from West Virginia to Florida, to Texas and inland north to Arkansas and Tennessee. It also addresses specific wetland types, including deep-water swamps, major and minor alluvial flood plains, pocosins and Carolina bays, mountain fens, pond cypress swamps, flatwoods wetlands, and mangroves.

Part I: Introduction 1. Classification and Inventory 2. Wetland Functions and Relations to Societal Values 3. Wetland Regulation: Development and Current Practice Part II: General Functions of Southern Forested Wetlands 4. Regional Climates 5. Hydrology 6. Soils and Landforms 7. Biogeochemistry 8. Adaptations of Plants to Flooding and Soil Waterlogging 9. Wildlife Communities 10. Fish Communities Part III: Ecology and Management of Specific Wetland Types 11. Southern Deepwater Swamps 12. Major Alluvial Floodplains 13. Minor Alluvial Floodplains 14. Pocosins and Carolina Bats 15. Southern Mountain Fens 16. Pondcypress Swamps 17. Wet Flatwoods 18. Mangroves Appendix References Index