Transforming ecosystems: When, where, and how to restore contaminated sites

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 273-283

  Rohr, Jason R ^a   Farag, Aïda M ^b   Cadotte, Marc W ^c   Clements, William H ^d   Smith, James R ^e   Ulrich, Cheryl P ^f   Woods, Richard ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^e Biological Studies Section   (United States)

^f Dewberry   (United States)

^g EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Contaminated sites; Ecology; Economics; Ecosystem functions and services; Restoration

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRENDS;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84941694988     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.1668     Document Type: Article

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