Urbanization effects on watershed habitat potential: A multivariate assessment of thresholds and interactions

Ecohydrology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88-101

  Randhir, Timothy ^a,b   Ekness, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat; Interactions; Thresholds; Urbanization; Watershed ecosystem

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; LANDFORMS; OCEAN HABITATS; WATERSHEDS;

AMPHIBIAN HABITATS; CRITICAL AREAS; FOREST PATCHES; HABITAT; HUMAN POPULATIONS; IMPERVIOUS COVERS; INTERACTIONS; MASSACHUSETTS , USA; OPEN SPACES; RIVER WATERSHEDS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUB BASINS; SUSTAINABLE USE; THRESHOLD EFFECTS; THRESHOLDS; URBANIZATION; WATERSHED RESOURCES; WATERSHED-BASED ASSESSMENTS;

ECOLOGY;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION; WATERSHED;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTFIELD RIVER;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 61649085943     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.43     Document Type: Article

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