Wetlands of Northeast Asia and High Asia: An overview

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-71

  An, Shuqing ^a   Tian, Ziqiang ^b   Cai, Ying ^a   Wen, Teng ^a   Xu, Delin ^a   Jiang, Hao ^a   Yao, Zhigang ^d   Guan, Baohua ^e   Sheng, Sheng ^a   Ouyang, Yan ^a   Cheng, Xiaoli ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^d The Wetland Management Station Jiangsu Administrate of Forestry   (China)

^e The Institute of Geography and Limnology China Academy of Science   (China)

Author keywords

Degradation; Ecological services; Geographical distribution; Global warming; Wetland loss; Wetland research

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DRAINAGE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL CHANGE; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; ICE SHEET; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PERMAFROST; RESEARCH WORK; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SILVICULTURE; TUNDRA; WETLAND; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

NORTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 84871934372     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-012-0281-4     Document Type: Review

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