Historical Distribution and Abundance of Phragmites australis at Long Point, Lake Erie, Ontario

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 664-680

  Wilcox, Kerrie L ^a   Petrie, Scott A ^a   Maynard, Laurie A ^b   Meyer, Shawn W ^c  

^a Long Point Waterfowl   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Common reed; Great Lakes; Invasive species; Lake Erie; Long Point; Phragmites australis; Wetland

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIODIVERSITY; DATA REDUCTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGERS; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

DIGITIZING VEGETATION BOUNDARIES;

LAKES;

ABUNDANCE; AQUATIC PLANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; WETLAND;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; NORTH AMERICA;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; CAREX PRATICOLA; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; TYPHA;

EID: 0345832050     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(03)70469-9     Document Type: Article

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