Prospects of fen restoration in relation to changing land use-An example from central Poland

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 249-257

  Klimkowska, Agata ^a,b,c   Dzierza, Paulina ^c   Grootjans, Ab P ^a,f   Kotowski, Wiktor ^c,d   Van Diggelen, Rudy ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c Wetland Conservation Centre   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Drainage; Fen system; Groundwater discharge; Water budget

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BUDGET CONTROL; CONSERVATION; DRAINAGE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LAND USE; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; WATER LEVELS;

AGRICULTURAL PURPOSE; FE-N SYSTEMS; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; HYDROLOGICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; LONG-TERM PRESERVATION; WATER BUDGET;

WETLANDS;

AFFORESTATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DISCHARGE; DRAINAGE; DRAINAGE NETWORK; ECOHYDROLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FEN; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; INFILTRATION; LAND USE CHANGE; MEADOW; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER BUDGET; WATER TABLE;

POLAND;

EID: 77956263093     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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