Monitoring the conservation of grassland habitats, Prairie Ecozone, Canada

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 88, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 343-364

  Gauthier, David A ^a   Wiken, Ed B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b National Habitat Status Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

Grasslands; Habitats; Monitoring; Prairie ecozone

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

GRASSLAND HABITATS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GRASSLAND; PRAIRIE; SUSTAINABILITY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; GRASSLAND; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; POLITICS; PRAIRIE; SPECIES HABITAT; WILDLIFE;

CANADA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POACEAE; REFERENCE VALUES;

CANADA;

EID: 0141837846     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025585527169     Document Type: Article

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