Florida Wetland Condition Index for depressional forested wetlands

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 337-352

  Reiss, Kelly Chinners ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological integrity; Florida Wetland Condition Index; Forested wetlands; Landscape Development Intensity; Urban wetlands

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPOSITION; ECOLOGY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; WATER QUALITY;

BIOLOGICAL INTEGRITY; FLORIDA WETLAND CONDITION INDEX; FORESTLAND WETLANDS;

WETLANDS;

BIOINDICATOR; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

IBIS;

EID: 33644860564     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2005.03.013     Document Type: Article

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