Bridging gaps in fragmented marshland : applying landscape ecology for bird conservation

An important part of the natural values in The Netherlands is based on the fact that the country has a unique geographical position in temperate lowland Europe at the mouth of the rivers Rhine and Meuse. This creates a number of interesting gradient situations e.g. between saltwater and freshwater systems, between eutrophic and oligotrophic systems, and between tidal, streaming and stagnant waters. This position offers excellent conditions for a wide variety of wetland systems: river and clay marshlands with open water and macrophyte vegetation like reedlands, peat marshland with bogs, fens an... Mehr ...