Assessing drought-related ecological risk in the Florida Everglades

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 355-366

  Smith, Stephen M ^a   Gawlik, Dale E ^b   Rutchey, Ken ^b   Crozier, Gaea E ^b   Gray, Susan ^b  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b EVERGLADES DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; Everglades; Fire; Risk assessment; Wading birds

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; PEAT; WATER LEVELS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

CRITICAL ISSUES; ECOLOGICAL RISKS; EVERGLADE; FLORIDA EVERGLADES; MANAGEMENT OPERATION; RISKS ASSESSMENTS; SOUTH FLORIDA; WADING BIRD; WATER-MANAGERS; WATERS MANAGEMENTS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; WADER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER; DROUGHT STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE ECOLOGY; HABITAT SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPRING; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT; WINTER;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 0141504015     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4797(03)00102-6     Document Type: Article

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