Ecological Effects of Dam Impoundment on Closed and Half-Closed Wetlands in China

Wetlands

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 889-898

  Tian, Kun ^a,b   Liu, Guodong ^b   Xiao, Derong ^a   Sun, Jinfang ^c   Lu, Mei ^a   Huang, Yuchun ^a   Lin, Ping ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c QUFU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aquatic plants; Damming effects; Mountain lake; Plant communities; Plant composition; Wintering water birds

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DAM; DICOTYLEDON; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; IMPOUNDMENT; MONOCOTYLEDON; MOUNTAIN REGION; POPULATION DENSITY; RANGE EXPANSION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION TYPE; WADER; WATER LEVEL; WETLAND;

CHINA; LASHI LAKE; YUNNAN;

ACORUS CALAMUS; AVES; CICONIA NIGRA; GRUS GRUS; LEERSIA HEXANDRA; NYMPHOIDES; PERSICARIA HYDROPIPER; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; POTAMOGETON PECTINATUS;

EID: 84941425570     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-015-0679-6     Document Type: Article

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