Water-level fluctuations in North American prairie wetlands

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 539, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 171-188

  Van Der Valk, Arnold G ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly rule models; Fluctuation; Prairie potholes; Succession; Wet dry cycles; Wetland hydrology

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; MARINE BIOLOGY; OSCILLATIONS; STANDARDS; VEGETATION; WETTING;

PROXY DATA; WATER LEVEL; WATER-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS; WET-DRY CYCLES;

WETLANDS;

WATER LEVEL;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20144366727     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-4866-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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