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Editorial Reviews
Ecology, 1995
...well-rounded and highly readable...(*with) extensive coverage of the environments of the Everglades and highlights of the flora and fauna...a book that is sure to interest many people. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Review
After reading this book, who wouldn't want to visit this wonderful 'river of grass'? And for most visitors to the Everglades, eco-tourists, ecology students, and long-time residents of Florida, a better book for understanding the history and challenges to this ecosystem has probably not been written.
-Suzanne Koptur, Florida International University writing in Palmetto, Quarterly Journal of the Florida Native Plant Society, Vol. 24 No. 3, Summer 2007
Dr. Lodge manages to pack more information on a page than anyone else…
-- Audubon of the Everglades (Palm Beach County) Everglades Kite newsletter
My voice has been heard through many decades in the efforts to preserve the historic flows of water to the Park…I hope this book will prove to be an important contribution to the understanding of the nature and beauty of the Everglades as well as to the many-faceted challenges of keeping the Everglades alive and well.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas (1890-1998), from the Introduction to the First Edition
Tom Lodge has a fascination with the Everglades that extends into passion, and has translated this into a deep, comprehensive understanding which is thoroughly conveyed in The Everglades Handbook.
-Kurt Reynertson, CUNY Plant Sciences
[The Everglades Handbook] is far and away the best guide now in print to Everglades issues -- authoritative, well illustrated, well indexed, and readable.
-- Martha Musgrove, retired journalist and President, Decision Makers Forum
…the true purpose of his book is to provide readers the understanding they need to defend the fragile Everglades from further damage and to assist in the continuing efforts to restore it. For this higher purpose, and for a readable general introduction to the ecosystem that is suitable for the public or an undergraduate audience, The Everglades Handbook is recommended.
-E-Streams, Vol. 8, No. 8
highly readable, the book is now replete with references on every topic, so that interested readers can go to the sources he used, and learn more about every aspect of Everglades ecology. Each habitat has a plant list, and refers readers to relevant, up-to-date resources for plant distributions, conservation status, and illustrations. A new section on food webs helps the reader understand the importance of all the different habitats to the functioning of the ecosystems. The author discusses Everglades restoration in a way every-one can understand, especially after his earlier explanations of geology and the aquifer systems underlying the state. The book has beautiful photos, mostly of animals and landscapes, but there are some distinctive plants, and the beautiful diagrams and maps convey the orderly complexity of habitat for most visitors to the Everglades, eco-tourists, ecology students, and long-time residents of Florida, a better book for understanding the history and challenges to this ecosystem has probably not been written.
Suzanne Koptur, Professor of Biological Sciences at Florida International University, Florida, in The Palmetto, Journal of the Florida Native Plant Society, Vol24-3, pg. 15, Summer 2007
Tom Lodge has a fascination with the Everglades that extends into passion, and has translated this into a deep, comprehensive understanding which is thoroughly conveyed in The Everglades Handbook."
-Kurt Reynertson, CUNY Plant Sciences
My voice has been heard through many decades in the efforts to preserve the historic flows of water to the ParkI hope this book will prove to be an important contribution to the understanding of the nature and beauty of the Everglades as well as to the many-faceted challenges of keeping the Everglades alive and well."
Marjory Stoneman Douglas (18901998), from the Introduction to the First Edition
"Dr. Lodge manages to pack more information on a page than anyone else"
Audubon of the Everglades (Palm Beach County) Everglades Kite newsletter
"[The Everglades Handbook] is far and away the best guide now in print to Everglades issues -- authoritative, well illustrated, well indexed, and readable."
Martha Musgrove, retired journalist and President, Decision Makers Forum
the true purpose of his book is to provide readers the understanding they need to defend the fragile Everglades from further damage and to assist in the continuing efforts to restore it. For this higher purpose, and for a readable general introduction to the ecosystem that is suitable for the public or an undergraduate audience, The Everglades Handbook is recommended.
E-Streams, Vol. 8, No. 8
Numerous text improvements are directed toward the environmental community for understanding ecosystem restoration. For example, there is more geologic background, needed for underground aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) of surface water, which has become an important and controversial topic. Much of the consternation arises out of an inadequate understanding of the physical aspects of the process where does the water go underground, what does it interact with, and what happens when we withdraw it? The revised first chapter sets the stage for this understanding. The final chapter contains updated information about other ongoing and planned restoration efforts.
Thomas E. Lodge, from the Preface
See all Editorial Reviews
...well-rounded and highly readable...(*with) extensive coverage of the environments of the Everglades and highlights of the flora and fauna...a book that is sure to interest many people. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Review
After reading this book, who wouldn't want to visit this wonderful 'river of grass'? And for most visitors to the Everglades, eco-tourists, ecology students, and long-time residents of Florida, a better book for understanding the history and challenges to this ecosystem has probably not been written.
-Suzanne Koptur, Florida International University writing in Palmetto, Quarterly Journal of the Florida Native Plant Society, Vol. 24 No. 3, Summer 2007
Dr. Lodge manages to pack more information on a page than anyone else…
-- Audubon of the Everglades (Palm Beach County) Everglades Kite newsletter
My voice has been heard through many decades in the efforts to preserve the historic flows of water to the Park…I hope this book will prove to be an important contribution to the understanding of the nature and beauty of the Everglades as well as to the many-faceted challenges of keeping the Everglades alive and well.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas (1890-1998), from the Introduction to the First Edition
Tom Lodge has a fascination with the Everglades that extends into passion, and has translated this into a deep, comprehensive understanding which is thoroughly conveyed in The Everglades Handbook.
-Kurt Reynertson, CUNY Plant Sciences
[The Everglades Handbook] is far and away the best guide now in print to Everglades issues -- authoritative, well illustrated, well indexed, and readable.
-- Martha Musgrove, retired journalist and President, Decision Makers Forum
…the true purpose of his book is to provide readers the understanding they need to defend the fragile Everglades from further damage and to assist in the continuing efforts to restore it. For this higher purpose, and for a readable general introduction to the ecosystem that is suitable for the public or an undergraduate audience, The Everglades Handbook is recommended.
-E-Streams, Vol. 8, No. 8
highly readable, the book is now replete with references on every topic, so that interested readers can go to the sources he used, and learn more about every aspect of Everglades ecology. Each habitat has a plant list, and refers readers to relevant, up-to-date resources for plant distributions, conservation status, and illustrations. A new section on food webs helps the reader understand the importance of all the different habitats to the functioning of the ecosystems. The author discusses Everglades restoration in a way every-one can understand, especially after his earlier explanations of geology and the aquifer systems underlying the state. The book has beautiful photos, mostly of animals and landscapes, but there are some distinctive plants, and the beautiful diagrams and maps convey the orderly complexity of habitat for most visitors to the Everglades, eco-tourists, ecology students, and long-time residents of Florida, a better book for understanding the history and challenges to this ecosystem has probably not been written.
Suzanne Koptur, Professor of Biological Sciences at Florida International University, Florida, in The Palmetto, Journal of the Florida Native Plant Society, Vol24-3, pg. 15, Summer 2007
Tom Lodge has a fascination with the Everglades that extends into passion, and has translated this into a deep, comprehensive understanding which is thoroughly conveyed in The Everglades Handbook."
-Kurt Reynertson, CUNY Plant Sciences
My voice has been heard through many decades in the efforts to preserve the historic flows of water to the ParkI hope this book will prove to be an important contribution to the understanding of the nature and beauty of the Everglades as well as to the many-faceted challenges of keeping the Everglades alive and well."
Marjory Stoneman Douglas (18901998), from the Introduction to the First Edition
"Dr. Lodge manages to pack more information on a page than anyone else"
Audubon of the Everglades (Palm Beach County) Everglades Kite newsletter
"[The Everglades Handbook] is far and away the best guide now in print to Everglades issues -- authoritative, well illustrated, well indexed, and readable."
Martha Musgrove, retired journalist and President, Decision Makers Forum
the true purpose of his book is to provide readers the understanding they need to defend the fragile Everglades from further damage and to assist in the continuing efforts to restore it. For this higher purpose, and for a readable general introduction to the ecosystem that is suitable for the public or an undergraduate audience, The Everglades Handbook is recommended.
E-Streams, Vol. 8, No. 8
Numerous text improvements are directed toward the environmental community for understanding ecosystem restoration. For example, there is more geologic background, needed for underground aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) of surface water, which has become an important and controversial topic. Much of the consternation arises out of an inadequate understanding of the physical aspects of the process where does the water go underground, what does it interact with, and what happens when we withdraw it? The revised first chapter sets the stage for this understanding. The final chapter contains updated information about other ongoing and planned restoration efforts.
Thomas E. Lodge, from the Preface
See all Editorial Reviews
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