Wetland restoration: The potential for assembly rules in the service of conservation

Wetlands

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 716-732

  Keddy, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon River; Assembly rules; Environmental filters; Eutrophication; Fertility; Fish; Hydrology; Indicators; Lythrum salicaria; Management; Prairie potholes; Restoration; Salt marshes; Seed banks; Species pools; Tactics; Traits; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY RULE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WETLAND;

EID: 0033498843     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03161780     Document Type: Conference Paper

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