Turloughs - Ireland's unique wetland habitat

Biological Conservation

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 265-290

  Sheehy Skeffington, M ^a   Moran, J ^a,b   O Connor, Á ^a,c   Regan, E ^a,d   Coxon, C E ^d   Scott, N E ^e   Gormally, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^c National Parks and Wildlife Service Ireland   (Ireland)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e NONE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Birds; Conservation; Hydrology; Invertebrates; Karst; Land use; Review; Turloughs; Vegetation; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; FLOODING; GRAZING; INVERTEBRATE; KARST; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; WETLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CYGNUS CYGNUS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33749247248     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.06.019     Document Type: Review

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