Association between aquatic vegetation and landscape indicators of human pressure

Wetlands

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 149-160

  Aznar, Jean Christophe ^a   Dervieux, Alain ^a   Grillas, Patrick ^b  

^a CNRS DESMID   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

Author keywords

Aquatic macrophyte; Hydrologic network; Invasive species; Landscape indicators; Mediterranean wetlands

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUATIC PLANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HYDROLOGY; WETLAND;

CAMARGUE; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR;

LUDWIGIA PEPLOIDES;

EID: 0037367110     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2003)023[0149:ABAVAL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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