Monitoring ecological processes for restoration projects

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 161-171

  Herrick, Jeffrey E ^a   Schuman, Gerald E ^b   Rango, Albert ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b USDA ARS High Plains Grasslands Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Erosion; Indicators; Landscape; Runoff; Spatial pattern; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 33748429761     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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