The role of wildlife science in wetland ecosystem restoration: Lessons from the Everglades

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 70-83

  Gawlik, Dale E ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual model; Ecosystem restoration; Everglades; Indicator; Monitoring; Performance measure; Wading bird; Wetland; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MONITORING; RESTORATION;

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; EVERGLADES; INDICATOR; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; WADING BIRD; WILDLIFE;

WETLANDS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MONITORING; RESTORATION; WETLANDS;

BIOINDICATOR; MONITORING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WETLAND;

AVES;

EID: 31944436582     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2005.09.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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