Vegetation change in Great Lakes coastal wetlands: Deviation from the historical cycle

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 366-380

  Frieswyk, Christin B ^a,b   Zedler, Joy B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Cleveland Botanical Garden   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial photographs; Great Lakes; Historical cycle; Typha; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; LAKES; LAND USE; PHOTOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER LEVELS; WATERSHEDS; WETLANDS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; MARSH HABITATS; TYPHA; WET MEADOW HABITATS;

VEGETATION;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL WETLAND; DOMINANCE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND USE CHANGE; MONOCOTYLEDON; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER LEVEL;

GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA;

TYPHA; TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 34547135454     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2007)33[366:VCIGLC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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