Development of vegetation maps for assessing everglades restoration progress

Wetlands

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 806-816

  Rutchey, Ken ^a   Schall, Ted ^a   Sklar, Fred ^a  

^a EVERGLADES DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattail; Grid; Mapping; Phosphorus; Photointerpret; Restoration

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; HABITAT RESTORATION; HERB; IMPOUNDMENT; INFLOW; INVASIVE SPECIES; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; VEGETATION MAPPING; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

TYPHA;

EID: 58149222589     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/07-212.1     Document Type: Article

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