The stream and its altered valley: Integrating landscape ecology into environmental assessments of agro-ecosystems

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 257-271

  Yates, Adam G ^a   Bailey, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

basins; Agricultural conservation projects; Land cover; Landscape; Stream agro ecosystems; Stream assessment; Study design

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; STREAM AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS; STREAM ASSESSMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; MORPHOLOGY;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NATURE CONSERVATION; STREAM; VALLEY GLACIER;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGROECOSYSTEM; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GLACIAL MASS BALANCE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; RIVER BASIN; STREAM (RIVER);

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; ONTARIO; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33645825657     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-4779-x     Document Type: Article

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