Farm ponds as potential complementary habitats to natural wetlands in a mediterranean region

Wetlands

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 161-174

  Casas, Jesús ^a   Toja, J Julia ^b   Peñalver, Patricio ^b   Juan, Melchor ^a   León, David ^b   Francisca, Fuentes Rodríguez ^a   Gallego, Irene ^a   Fenoy, Encarnación ^a   Carmen, Pérez Martínez ^c   Sánchez, Pedro ^c   Bonachela, Santiago ^a   Elorrieta, M Antonia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d Labcolor COEXPHAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Constructed wetlands; Habitat quality; Wetland creation

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; COMPLEMENTARITY; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; COPPER; FARM; HABITAT QUALITY; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; MORPHOMETRY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SHORELINE; SUBSTRATE; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

ANDALUCIA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SPAIN;

EID: 84863719855     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-011-0265-5     Document Type: Article

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