Integrating objectives and scales for planning and implementing wetland restoration and creation in agricultural landscapes

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2087-2095

  Moreno Mateos, D ^a,b   Comin, F A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Creation restoration scenarios; Creation restoration strategy; Environmental services; Mediterranean conditions; Semi arid

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FLOOD CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESTORATION; WATER QUALITY;

CONDITION; CREATION/RESTORATION SCENARIO; CREATION/RESTORATION STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES; MEDITERRANEAN CONDITION; RESTORATION SCENARIO'S; RESTORATION STRATEGIES; SEMI ARID; WETLAND CREATION; WETLAND RESTORATION;

WETLANDS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FLOOD CONTROL; LITERATURE REVIEW; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; LANDSCAPE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; REVIEW; SOIL DEGRADATION; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

EID: 77955515555     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.06.002     Document Type: Review

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