Human disturbance of the Waitomo catchment, New Zealand

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 108, Issue , 2012, Pages 130-140

  van Beynen, Philip E ^a   Bialkowska Jelinska, Elzbieta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental index; Human disturbance; Karst; Rural landscape

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LANDFORMS; RUNOFF; RURAL AREAS; WATER QUALITY;

DISTURBANCE INDEX; DISTURBANCE LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL INDEX; HUMAN DISTURBANCES; KARST; MEASURED DISTURBANCES; NEW ZEALAND; POLITICAL BOUNDARIES; RESOURCE MANAGERS; RURAL LANDSCAPES;

CATCHMENTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BASIN MANAGEMENT; BIOINDICATOR; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; GEOPOLITICS; KARST; RURAL LANDSCAPE; TERRAIN; URBAN AREA;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOTA; CATCHMENT; CAVE; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; KARST DISTURBANCE INDEX; LANDSCAPE; NEW ZEALAND; RELIABILITY; RURAL AREA; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL EROSION; VALIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIKATO; WAITOMO;

EID: 84862262425     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.04.038     Document Type: Article

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