Conservation of wetlands of India - A review

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 173-186

  Prasad, S Narendra ^a   Ramachandra, T V ^a   Ahalya, N ^a   Sengupta, T ^a   Kumar, Alok ^a   Tiwari, A K ^a   Vijayan, V S ^a   Vijayan, Lalitha ^a  

^a SACON Field Station   (India)

Author keywords

Aquatic vegetation; Avifauna; Conservation; Fishes; Geographic information system (GIS); Protected areas; Remote sensing; Tropical wetlands

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; GIS; PROTECTED AREA; REMOTE SENSING; WETLAND;

INDIA;

EID: 0036407337     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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