Wetlands: conservation's poor cousins

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 892-916

  Kingsford, Richard T ^a   Basset, Alberto ^b   Jackson, Leland ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

abstraction; alien species; ecosystem services; estuary; floodplain; protected areas; Ramsar; river; urban development

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; RAMSAR CONVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WETLAND; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84988864382     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2709     Document Type: Review

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