The assessment of herbaceous plant cover in wetlands as an indicator of function

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 287-293

  Cole, Charles Andrew ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Function; Mitigation; Structure; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; MICROORGANISMS; MONITORING; NUTRITION; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

MITIGATION;

ECOLOGY;

BIOINDICATOR; HABITAT CREATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MONITORING; VEGETATION COVER; WETLAND;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141958531     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-160X(02)00064-X     Document Type: Article

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