Modelling wetland bird response to water level changes in the Lake Ontario - St. Lawrence River hydrosystem

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 113, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 329-365

  Desgranges, Jean Luc ^a   Ingram, Joel ^a   Drolet, Bruno ^a   Morin, Jean ^a   Savage, Caroline ^a   Borcard, Daniel ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birds; Hydrology; Indicators; Lake Ontario; St. Lawrence River; Water regulation; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; LAKES; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; RIVERS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER LEVELS;

RIVER HYDROSYSTEM; WATER REGULATION; WETLAND BIRD RESPONSE;

WETLANDS;

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FLOW REGULATION; WATER LEVEL; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; BREEDING; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOODING; HYDROLOGY; LAKE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PLANT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES HABITAT; SWAMP; WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREAT LAKES REGION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ONTARIO; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

AVES; CHLIDONIAS NIGER; IXOBRYCHUS EXILIS; RALLUS LIMICOLA;

EID: 33645472532     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-9087-3     Document Type: Article

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