Wetland habitat diversity in the Amazonian Piedmont of Colombia

Wetlands

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1189-1202

  Ricaurte, Luisa Fernanda ^a,b   Jokela, Jukka ^a,b   Siqueira, Auberto ^c   Núñez Avellaneda, Marcela ^d   Marin, Cesar ^e   Velázquez Valencia, Alexander ^f   Wantzen, Karl Matthias ^g  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO AMAZÓNICO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS SINCHI   (Colombia)

^e UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE LA AMAZONIA   (Colombia)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Aquatic habitat; Conservation; Landscape; South America; Sustainable management; Wetland classification

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FLOODING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; PIEDMONT; REMOTE SENSING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WETLAND;

AMAZONIA; COLOMBIA;

EID: 84871513834     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-012-0348-y     Document Type: Article

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