Response of vegetation communities in three Lake Huron fens to historical water level fluctuations

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-181

  Mortsch, Linda ^a   Sabila, Geniene ^b   Deadman, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Credit Valley Conservation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerial photographs; GIS; Spatial analysis; Vegetation response; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849127578     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634980802104529     Document Type: Conference Paper

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