Book ID: 88098
Fraser, Lauchlan H. and Paul A. Keddy (eds.)
The World's Largest Wetlands. Ecology and Conservation. Reprint 2010. b/w figs. 500 p. Paper bd.
During the last centuryapproximately fifty percent of the world's wetlands have been destroyed.This volume presents the views of leading experts on each of the world'slargest wetland systems. Here, this international team of authors sharetheir understanding of the ecological dynamics of large wetlands andtheir significance, and emphasise their need of conservation. Includesarticles on the West Siberian Lowland, the Amazonian wetlands, theHudson Bay lowland, the Pantanal Cleber, the River Nile wetlands & manymore.