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A Comparison Of Avian Abundance And Species Richness In Palustrine Emergent Wetlands In Southwest Florida, Matthew P. Miller
A Comparison Of Avian Abundance And Species Richness In Palustrine Emergent Wetlands In Southwest Florida, Matthew P. Miller
USF St. Petersburg campus Master's Theses (Graduate)
Wetlands are commonly thought of as transition areas between dry, upland habitats and deepwater habitats and can be the hydrologic gradient between a dry landscape and a lake or river, or they be can isolated from a flowing or deepwater system and completely surrounded by a dry landscape (Tiner 2001). Wetlands provide a valuable suite of services including providing foraging, nesting and denning habitat for birds, amphibians and other wildlife (Environmental Law Institute 2008; Stolt, et al. 2001). In southwest Florida, population growth has put enormous pressure on wetland landscapes. Wetland regulations in the state of Florida make clear that …