Trajectories of vegetation-based indicators used to assess wetland restoration progress

Ecological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2093-2107

  Matthews, Jeffrey W ^a,b   Spyreas, Greg ^a,b   Endress, Anton G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Carex; Emergent wetland; Floodplain forest; Floristic quality; Illinois; Invasive species; Reference sites; Species richness; Succession; USA; Wetland mitigation

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; FLORISTICS; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; POLICY APPROACH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; TIME; WETLAND;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; TIME FACTORS; WETLANDS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CAREX;

EID: 71549165795     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1371.1     Document Type: Article

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