Evaluating the influence of land use, Drought and reach isolation on the occurrence of freshwater mussel species in the lower Flint River Basin, Georgia (U.S.A.)

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 382-395

  Shea, Colin P ^a,c   Peterson, James T ^a   Conroy, Michael J ^a   Wisniewski, Jason M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Nongame Conservation Section   (United States)

^c TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

False negative errors; False positive errors; Occupancy; Unionids; Water resource management

Indexed keywords

UNIONIDAE;

EID: 84872002998     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12066     Document Type: Article

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