Adaptation of farming practices could buffer effects of climate change on northern prairie wetlands

Wetlands

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 635-647

  Voldseth, Richard A ^a   Johnson, W Carter ^a   Guntenspergen, Glenn R ^b   Gilmanov, Tagir ^a   Millett, Bruce V ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Grassland management; Grazing; Land use; Mitigation; Prairie Pothole Region; Wetland modeling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GRAZING; LAND USE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PRAIRIE; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

PRAIRIE POTHOLE REGION;

EID: 77249165145     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/07-241.1     Document Type: Article

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