How can we make new ponds biodiverse? A case study monitored over 7 years

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 597, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 137-148

  Williams, P ^a   Whitfield, M ^a   Biggs, J ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonisation; Compensatory wetlands; Constructed ponds; Hydroperiod; Pond age

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; HYDROLOGY; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; PONDING;

AQUATIC MACROINVERTEBRATE; COLONISATION; SEASONAL PONDS;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMONITORING; BREEDING; COLONIZATION; GRASSLAND; HYDROPERIOD; LANDSCAPE; MACROPHYTE; POND; WADER; WATERFOWL;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; OXFORDSHIRE; PINKHILL MEADOW; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANATIDAE; AVES; INVERTEBRATA; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 37549059119     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9224-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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