Climate change and northern prairie wetlands: Simulations of long-term dynamics

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 871-881

  Poiani, Karen A ^a   Johnson, W Carter ^b   Swanson, George A ^c   Winter, Tom C ^d  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c National Biological Service   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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EID: 0029800104     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1996.41.5.0871     Document Type: Article

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