Global Distribution, Diversity and Human Alterations of Wetland Resources

The Wetlands Handbook

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 43-64

  Whigham, Dennis F ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Europe (Functional Analysis of European Wetland Ecosystems, FAEWE); Marshes wetlands dominated by herbaceous vascular plants; Peatland or mire; Threats to wetlands; Wetland distribution; Wetland ecosystems and goods and services; Wetland hierarchy and deepwater US wetland habitats; Wetland managers and decision making process; Wetland resources distribution and diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873153545     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444315813.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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