Vegetation, invertebrate, and wildlife community rankings and habitat analysis of mitigation wetlands in West Virginia

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 517-530

  Balcombe, Collin K ^a   Anderson, James T ^a   Fortney, Ronald H ^b   Kordek, Walter S ^c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b West Virginia University   (United States)

^c West Virginia Division of Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Created wetland; Man made wetland; Mitigation wetland; Reference wetland; Restored wetland; Wetland management; Wetland mitigation

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MITIGATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 27744460761     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-004-5074-7     Document Type: Article

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