Historical ecology as a tool for assessing landscape change and informing wetland restoration priorities

Wetlands

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 589-601

  Stein, Eric D ^a   Dark, Shawna ^b   Longcore, Travis ^c   Grossinger, Robin ^d   Hall, Nicholas ^c   Beland, Michael ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Reference conditions; Riparian; Status and trends; Watershed analysis; Wetland change assessment

Indexed keywords

DECADAL VARIATION; FLOODPLAIN; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MEADOW; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATERSHED; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

CALIFORNIA; SAN GABRIEL BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957135187     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-010-0050-x     Document Type: Article

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