Evaluating the Effects of Wetland Restoration at the Watershed Scale in Northwest Yunnan Plateau, China

Wetlands

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 169-183

  Liu, Guodong ^a   Tian, Kun ^a,b   Sun, Jinfang ^c   Xiao, Derong ^b   Yuan, Xingzhong ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c QUFU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine wetland; Closed and half closed; Ecological restoration; Napahai; Species biodiversity; Watershed scale

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHOSPHORUS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL WATER; SWAMP; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; NAPAHAI WETLAND; YUNNAN;

AVES;

EID: 84957838950     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-015-0727-2     Document Type: Article

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