The relationship between vegetation and groundwater levels as an indicator of spontaneous wetland restoration

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 242-251

  Kopeć, Dominik ^a   Michalska Hejduk, Dorota ^a   Krogulec, Ewa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

GIS; Groundwater; Modelling; Poland; Regeneration; Wetland vegetation

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING WORKS; GROUND WATER TABLE; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; POLAND; REGENERATION; VEGETATION ANALYSIS; WETLAND RESTORATION; WETLAND VEGETATION;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; MODELS; RESTORATION; WETLANDS;

VEGETATION;

ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; HABITAT RESTORATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; MAP; PROTECTED AREA; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOFTWARE; VEGETATION; WATER LEVEL; WATER TABLE;

POLAND;

EID: 84877902165     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.04.028     Document Type: Article

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