The legacy of pipeline installation on the soil and vegetation of southeast Wisconsin wetlands

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue , 2012, Pages 53-62

  Olson, Erik R ^a   Doherty, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Glyceria maxima; Pipeline; Soil compaction; Wetland construction; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; DIVERSITY; GLYCERIA MAXIMA; HIGH-QUALITY SITES; INVASIVE SPECIES; LARGE SCALE INFRASTRUCTURES; NATIVE PLANTS; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA; PIPELINE CORRIDORS; PIPELINE INSTALLATION; PLANT DIVERSITY; POSITIVE CHANGES; POSITIVE EFFECTS; PRE-CONSTRUCTION; SIMPSON; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOIL COMPACTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; WETLAND CONSTRUCTION; WETLAND SOILS; WISCONSIN;

COMPACTION; FORESTRY; MAINTENANCE; NATURAL GAS PIPELINES; PIPELINE LAYING; PIPELINES; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

PIPE;

COLONIZATION; COMPACTION; CONSTRUCTION; DOMINANCE; GRASS; HYDROLOGY; INSTALLATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MOWING; NATIVE SPECIES; PIPELINE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TYPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVEY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WETLAND;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

GLYCERIA MAXIMA; PHALARIS; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA; POACEAE;

EID: 83455173259     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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