Use of alligator hole abundance and occupancy rate as indicators for restoration of a human-altered wetland

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 23, Issue , 2012, Pages 627-633

  Fujisaki, Ikuko ^a   Mazzotti, Frank J ^a   Hart, Kristen M ^b   Rice, Kenneth G ^b   Ogurcak, Danielle ^c   Rochford, Michael ^a   Jeffery, Brian M ^a   Brandt, Laura A ^d   Cherkiss, Michael S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

American alligator; Hierarchical model; Hydrology; Indicator species; Restoration; Wetland

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEYS; AMERICAN ALLIGATORS; ANTHROPOGENIC MODIFICATION; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; EFFECTIVE SYNTHESIS; HABITAT SELECTION; HIERARCHICAL MODEL; INDICATOR SPECIES; NATURAL SYSTEMS; OCCUPANCY RATE; RESEARCH EFFORTS; SCIENCE APPLICATIONS; SIZE CLASS; SOUTH FLORIDA; SURFACE HYDROLOGY; WETLAND RESTORATION; WETLAND SYSTEMS;

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; WETLANDS;

RESTORATION;

AERIAL SURVEY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; REFUGIUM; REPTILE; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WETLAND;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE;

EID: 84862148058     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.05.011     Document Type: Article

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