Regional assessment of wetland plant communities using the index of plant community integrity

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 303-307

  Hargiss, Christina L M ^a   DeKeyser, Edward S ^a   Kirby, Donald R ^a   Ell, Michael J ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Dakota Department of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

IBI; IPCI; Metric; Prairie Pothole Region; Wetland vegetation; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; DATA REDUCTION; ECOLOGY; WETLANDS;

PRAIRIE POTHOLE REGION; WETLAND VEGETATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOREGION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEASONALITY; TESTING METHOD; WETLAND;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH DAKOTA; PRAIRIE POTHOLE REGION; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37249092087     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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