How much wetland has the world lost? Long-term and recent trends in global wetland area

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 934-941

  Davidson, Nick C ^a,b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

coastal; conversion; inland; loss; Ramsar Convention

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WETLAND; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HABITAT LOSS; INVESTMENT; NEOTROPICAL REGION; RAMSAR CONVENTION; TREND ANALYSIS; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA;

EID: 84907434605     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF14173     Document Type: Article

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