Big cypress regional ecosystem conceptual ecological model

Wetlands

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 843-853

  Duever, Michael J ^a  

^a SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural development; Big Cypress; Exotic animals; Exotic plants; Fire; Hydrology; Landscape fragmentation; Nutrients; Organic soils; Pesticides; Residential development; Southwest Florida plant communities; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CUPRESSUS;

EID: 51949108805     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2005)025[0843:BCRECE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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