Effects of consumptive water use on biodiversity in wetlands of international importance

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 12248-12257

  Verones, Francesca ^a   Saner, Dominik ^a   Pfister, Stephan ^a   Baisero, Daniele ^b   Rondinini, Carlo ^b   Hellweg, Stefanie ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION FACTORS; COMPLEX ECOSYSTEMS; CONSERVATION VALUES; HUMAN INFLUENCES; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATERS; WATER CONSUMPTION;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; SURFACE WATERS; WATER SUPPLY;

WETLANDS;

GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; DRAINAGE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; RANGE SIZE; SURFACE WATER; TAXONOMY; VERTEBRATE; VULNERABILITY; WATER USE; WETLAND;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CATCHMENT; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; FEEDING; KENYA; LIFE CYCLE; MARINE MAMMAL; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; REPTILE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BIRD; WATERSHED; WETLAND; ANIMAL; GEOGRAPHY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; WATER SUPPLY;

KENYA; NETHERLANDS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHY; INTERNATIONALITY; KENYA; NETHERLANDS; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

EID: 84887888061     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es403635j     Document Type: Article

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