Everglades Region: An Ecological Study: John Wiley & Sons

Consultants, Oscar T. Owre, Raymond F. Dasmann; Describes the ecology of four South Florida regions--the Atlantic Coastal Ridge, the Everglades, Big Cypress Swamp, and the Coastal Mangrove Swamps. A dynamic approach is employed to show why the area's native plants and animals have developed and how they have adjusted to the stresses of seasonal fires and floods characterizing the region