Implementation of Diversified Ecological Networks to Strengthen Wetland Conservation

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1015-1026

  Cui, Baoshan ^a   Zhang, Zhiming ^a   Lei, Xiaoxia ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecosystem connectivity; Ecosystem conservation; Multiple scales; Wetland network

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; HYDROLOGY; NATURE CONSERVATION; NETWORK ANALYSIS; WETLAND;

EID: 84867889899     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201200026     Document Type: Review

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