Landscape Understanding of Wetland Setting, Processes and Management

Application of landscape ecology concepts to wetlands as integrated mosaics of patches and corridors integrating watershed and coastal ecosystems;understanding the function of wetlands beyond their jurisdictional boundaries; and, landscape-based rationale for wetland management, protection and restoration.

Topics include:

• Concepts and terms describing wetland landscape elements and processes
• Fundamental ecosystem processes affecting wetlands, with strategies to restore and enhance wetlands
• Effect of modifications to wetland processes and biotic communities at increasing scales
• Diagnostic tools for assessing wetland landscape modification and effects on wetland function, as well as differentiating natural from human/cultural stresses, based on scientific concepts of system organization and ecological integrity
• Landscape bases for understanding cumulative impacts, compared with attempts to manage and regulate wetlands at diverse spatial and temporal scales
• Comparison of strategies to preserve and maintain and restore wetland systems at landscape scales

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