Habitat Loss and Modification Due to Gas Development in the Fayetteville Shale

Environmental Management

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1276-1284

  Moran, Matthew D ^a   Cox, A Brandon ^a   Wells, Rachel L ^a   Benichou, Chloe C ^a   McClung, Maureen R ^a  

^a HENDRIX COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Edge effects; Fayetteville Shale; Habitat degradation; Hydraulic fracturing; Land use; Shale gas

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FORESTRY; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; HORIZONTAL DRILLING; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; LAND USE; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS WELL DRILLING; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; NATURAL GAS WELLS; OIL WELL DRILLING; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; SHALE; SHALE GAS; SHALE OIL; WELL DRILLING;

EDGE EFFECT; HABITAT DEGRADATION; LAND USE IMPACT; NATURAL FORESTS; NATURAL GAS DRILLING; NATURAL HABITAT; NATURAL-GAS PRODUCTION; SHALE FORMATION;

NATURAL GAS FIELDS;

NATURAL GAS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOME; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EDGE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUTURE PROSPECT; GAS FIELD; GAS PRODUCTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HORIZONTAL DRILLING; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; LAND USE CHANGE; SHALE; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST; GAS FIELD; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS AND MODIFICATION; LAND USE; OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY; OIL SHALE; PASTURE; PASTURELAND; PLANTATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; OIL AND GAS FIELD; OIL INDUSTRY; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES;

ARKANSAS; UNITED STATES;

ARKANSAS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTS; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929836770     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-014-0440-6     Document Type: Article

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