Landscape and climate change threats to wetlands of North and Central America

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 133-149

  Mitsch, William J ^a   Hernandez, Maria E ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Central American wetlands; North American wetlands; Wetland status; Wetland threats; Wetlands and climate change

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AIR TEMPERATURE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DRAINAGE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WETLAND;

CENTRAL AMERICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ANATIDAE;

EID: 84871930742     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-012-0262-7     Document Type: Article

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