An Operational Landscape Unit approach for identifying key landscape connections in wetland restoration

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1496-1503

  Verhoeven, Jos T A ^a   Soons, Merel B ^a   Janssen, Ron ^b   Omtzigt, Nancy ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climate change; Connectivity; Conservation; Ecosystem functions; Hydrology; Landscape ecology; Restoration; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONNECTIVITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FLOODING; GROUNDWATER; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NATURE CONSERVATION; NATURE RESERVE; WETLAND;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 50649118772     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01534.x     Document Type: Article

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