Flooding to restore connectivity of regulated, large-river wetlands: Natural and controlled flooding as complementary processes along the lower Missouri River

BioScience

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 721-733

  Galat, David L ^a   Fredrickson, Leigh H ^a   Humburg, Dale D ^b   Bataille, Karen J ^b   Bodie, J Russell ^a   Dohrenwend, John ^c   Gelwicks, Greg T ^a   Havel, John E ^e   Helmers, Douglas L ^d   Hooker, John B ^a   Jones, John R ^a   Knowlton, Matthew F ^a   Kubisiak, John ^a   Mazourek, Joyce ^a   McColpin, Amanda C ^a   Renken, Rochelle B ^b   Semlitsch, Raymond D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

^c Nat Resource Conservation Service ^*  (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^e MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031875789     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1313335     Document Type: Article

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