Tree Islands of the Everglades [electronic resource] / edited by Fred H. Sklar, Arnold van der Valk

Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2002.
Edition: 1st ed. 2002.
Physical Description: IV, 541 pages : online resource
Additional Creators: Sklar, Fred H., van der Valk, Arnold, and SpringerLink (Online service)

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1. Tree Islands of the Everglades: An Overview -- 2. Tree Island Ecosystems of the World -- 3. Bayhead Tree Islands on Deep Peats of the Northeastern Everglades -- 4. Paleoecological Insights on Fixed Tree Island Development in the Florida Everglades: I. Environmental Controls -- 5. Nutrient Geochemistry of Sediments from Two Tree Islands in Water Conservation Area 3B the Everglades Florida -- 6. The Archaeology of Everglades Tree Islands -- 7. Water Depth Tolerances of Dominant Tree Island Species: What do We Know? -- 8. Vegetation Pattern and Process in Tree Islands of the Southern Everglades and Adjacent Areas -- 9. Tree Island Vegetation and Water Management in the Central Everglades -- 10. Tree Islands of the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge -- 11. Vegetation, Peat Elevation and Peat Depth on Two Tree Islands in Water Conservation Area 3-A -- 12. Analysis of Tree Island Vegetation Communities -- 13. Occurrence of Wildlife on Tree Islands in the Southern Everglades -- 14. Effects of Tree Island Size and Water on the Population Dynamics of Small Mammals in the Everglades -- 15. Habitat-Use Patterns of Avian Seed Dispersers in the Central Everglades -- 16. Spatial Simulations of Tree Islands for Everglades Restoration -- 17. What We Know and Should Know about Tree Islands -- Genus and Species Index.

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PREFACE Within the Florida Everglades, tree islands, which cover only a small percent of this ecosystem, historically have provided essential habitat for a wide variety of terrestrial and amphibious plants, birds, and animals. These tree islands, however, have been one of its least studied features. Because of their less flood tolerant vegetation, tree islands are one of the most sensitive components of the Everglades to changes in hydrology, and many tree islands have been lost during periods when water levels have been abnormally high or low. Their sensitivity to water level changes makes tree islands potentially one of the best and surest measures of the overall hydrologic health of the Everglades. Consequently, the maintenance of healthy, functioning tree islands and the restoration of those that have been lost will be an important performance measures that will be used to judge the success of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). A symposium, Tree Islands of the Everglades, was held on July 14 and 15, 1998 at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida. It was sponsored by Florida Center for Environmental Studies and the South Florida Water Management District. This was the first scientific meeting ever devoted to tree islands. The organizers of this symposium were Drs. Arnold van der Valk, Florida Center for Environmental Studies and Iowa State University, Fred Sklar, South Florida Water Management District, and Wiley Kitchens, United States Geological Survey.

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