A geospatial assessment on the distribution, condition, and vulnerability of Wyoming's wetlands

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 869-879

  Copeland, Holly E ^a   Tessman, Stephen A ^b   Girvetz, Evan H ^c   Roberts, Larry ^b   Enquist, Carolyn ^a   Orabona, Andrea ^b   Patla, Susan ^b   Kiesecker, Joseph ^a  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity assessment; Climate change; Condition assessment; Vulnerability assessment

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; CONDITION ASSESSMENT; CRITICAL FUNCTIONS; DECISION MAKERS; GEO-SPATIAL; HIGH DENSITY; LAND-USE CHANGE; NATURAL FLOOD; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS; WILDLIFE HABITATS; WYOMING;

BIODIVERSITY; FLOOD CONTROL; LAND USE; STEEL BRIDGES; WETLANDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOOD CONTROL; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MAPPING; PROTECTED AREA; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; VULNERABILITY; WETLAND;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 77649337710     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.01.011     Document Type: Article

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