The use of reference areas in the conservation and restoration or riverine wetlands

Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-49

  Wassen, Martin Joseph ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biebrza; Degradation; Ecosystems; Natural processes; Recovery; Species; Stress

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; REFERENCE SAMPLE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WETLAND;

EID: 28244447054     PISSN: 16423593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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