Floristic quality indices for biotic assessment of depressional marsh condition in Florida

Ecological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 784-794

  Cohen, Matthew J ^a   Carstenn, Susan ^a,b   Lane, Charles R ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural disturbance; Biological assessment; Coefficient of conservatism; Florida (USA); Floristic quality assessment index (FQAI); Isolated depressional marshes; Landscape development intensity index (LDI); Wetland condition

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DISTURBANCE; FLORISTICS; HABITAT QUALITY; INDEX METHOD; WETLAND;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 8144221770     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-5378     Document Type: Article

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