Total system conceptual ecological model

Wetlands

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 955-979

  Ogden, John C ^a   Davis, Steve M ^a   Barnes, Tomma K ^a   Jacobs, Kimberly J ^a   Gentile, John H ^b  

^a SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

^b Harwell Gentile and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem restoration; Florida Everglades; Landscape mosaics; South Florida natural ecosystem; Total System Conceptual Ecological Model

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34547162943     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2005)025[0955:TSCEM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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