Biodiversity in Wetlands

The Wetlands Handbook

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 65-95

  Gopal, Brij ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiversity at ecosystem level (habitat diversity); Biodiversity threats direct land reclamation by draining and filling; Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES); Endemic, rare and threatened species; Genetic diversity and wetland plants; Hydrology, connectivity, ecotones and disturbance; Magnitude and patterns of biodiversity; Species richness in wetlands; Wetland biodiversity; Wetland biodiversity assessment at species level

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858264364     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444315813.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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