Using dual classifications in the development of avian wetland indices of biological integrity for wetlands in West Virginia, USA

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 164, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 533-548

  Veselka IV, Walter ^a   Anderson, James T ^a   Kordek, Walter S ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b West Virginia Division of Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Disturbance; Index of biological integrity; Metrics; West Virginia; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BIOASSESSMENT; BIOLOGICAL INDICES; BIOLOGICAL INTEGRITY; CLASSIFICATION SCHEME; CLEAN WATER ACT; CONSIDERABLE RESOURCES; DISTURBANCE INDEX; FLOOD PLAINS; METRICS; SITE-SPECIFIC; SPATIAL SCALE; STRUCTURE-BASED; WEST VIRGINIA; WETLAND CLASSIFICATION;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); QUALITY ASSURANCE;

WETLANDS;

BIRD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LANDSCAPE; NONHUMAN; SPECIES HABITAT; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; WEST VIRGINIA; WETLANDS;

UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

AVES;

EID: 77952293339     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-0911-z     Document Type: Article

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