- Title
- The response of wetlands to long-term climate change
- Creator
- Riedinger-Whitmore, Melanie; Gell, Peter; Mills, Keely
- Date
- 2023
- Type
- Text; Book chapter
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/197003
- Identifier
- vital:18799
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-817803-4.00009-7
- Identifier
- ISBN:9780128178034 (ISBN); 9780128178041 (ISBN)
- Abstract
- The Earth has been subjected to cyclical climatic variations that are attributable to a range of forces that have return times ranging from days to many millennia. Most of the world’s wetlands were formed since the last glaciation, yet they have varied greatly in condition even through the relatively stable climates of the Holocene. Many wetlands listed under the Ramsar Convention have experienced conditions that are different than those observed at the time they were listed. Cyclical changes that drive natural variation will continue to influence wetlands. These natural drivers, however, will combine with anthropogenic influences that will alter the natural ecological character. As many wetlands change, Ramsar reporting will be faced with assessing changes in condition and accommodating the expectations of nations to provide guidance that can help manage these driving forces. © 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Relation
- Ramsar Wetlands: Values, Assessment, Management Chapter 8 p. 195-217
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Inc.
- Subject
- Climate variability; Ecological character; Hydroclimatic change; Sea-level rise
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