Signatures of human impact: Size distributions and spatial organization of wetlands in the Prairie Pothole landscape

Ecological Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 451-465

  Van Meter, Kimberly J ^a   Basu, Nandita B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Homogenization; Human impact; Isolated wetlands; Prairie pothole connectivity; Restoration; Wetland distribution; Wetland loss

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GROUNDWATER; HABITAT RESTORATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; PROCEDURES; TIME; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; IOWA; METHODS; TIME FACTORS; WETLANDS;

PRAIRIE POTHOLE REGION;

EID: 84964200216     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.7fc8c     Document Type: Article

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