Editorial: Wetland Informatics - Ecological Network Design and Implementation

摘要

Natural influences and human actions continually bring about changes in wetland ecosystems (Katsaros et al., 2008). It is becoming increasingly clear that species are less able to adapt to natural changes at local and regional scales when those changes are compounded by human-caused alterations (UNEP, 1995). To stop and reverse the loss and degradation of wetlands, it's necessary to provide scientific and statistically reliable data that can be used in modeling and decision making related to the corresponding environmental problems on the ecosystem. Therefore, this special issue is aimed to share information about wetlands with various users and highlight conservation issues of relevance to wetland community of professionals, managers, environmentalists and other stakeholders.