Model estimation of land-use effects on water levels of northern Prairie wetlands

Ecological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 527-540

  Voldseth, Richard A ^a,d   Johnson, W Carter ^b   Gilmanov, Tagir ^b   Guntenspergen, Glenn R ^c   Millett, Bruce V ^b  

^a NORTH CENTRAL RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Patuxent Wildlife Research Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Grassland management; Grazing; Land use; Landscape condition; Prairie Pothole Region; Prairie wetland; Waterfowl management; Wetland ecology; Wetland hydrology; Wetland modeling; Wetland water budget; Wetland water level

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRAIRIE; RUNOFF; VEGETATION; WATER BUDGET; WATER LEVEL; WETLAND;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOUTH DAKOTA; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

NORTH AMERICA; PRAIRIE POTHOLE REGION;

ANATIDAE; AVES; BROMUS INERMIS; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 34247209185     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/05-1195     Document Type: Article

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