Effects of woody debris, microtopography, and organic matter amendments on the biotic community of constructed depressional wetlands

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 247-255

  Alsfeld, Amy J ^a   Bowman, Jacob L ^a   Deller Jacobs, Amy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control   (United States)

Author keywords

Macroinvertebrates; Microtopography; Organic matter; Vegetation; Wetland construction; Woody debris

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; WETLAND; WOODY DEBRIS;

EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; ODONATA;

EID: 58149265110     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.10.017     Document Type: Article

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