The Ecology and Management of Aquatic-terrestrial Ecotones

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Robert J. Naiman, Henri Décamps
Taylor & Francis, 1990 - Science - 316 pages
 

Contents

THE ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE OF LANDWATER
7
ECOLOGICAL MODELS AND THE ECOTONE
23
EXTERNAL PROCESSES INFLUENCING ORIGIN
37
Neotectonics
45
fluvial ecotones
52
Conclusions
58
LANDSCAPE DISTURBANCES AND LOTIC ECOTONES
65
25
72
Ecosystem processes in lentic ecotones
113
Classification of lentic ecotones
123
Conclusions
133
FUNCTIONS OF ECOTONES IN FLUVIAL SYSTEMS
141
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF WETLAND ECOTONES
171
SURFACE WATERGROUNDWATER ECOTONES
199
THE ROLE OF ECOTONES IN AQUATIC LANDSCAPE
227
THE SOCIOECONOMIC VALUE OF ECOTONES
263

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INTERNAL PROCESSES INFLUENCING
91
Fireadapted plants
97
THEIR
103
SUMMARY
295
INDEX
303
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304
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