Integrating geographically isolated wetlands into land management decisions

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 319-327

  Golden, Heather E ^a   Creed, Irena F ^b   Ali, Genevieve ^c   Basu, Nandita B ^d   Neff, Brian P ^e   Rains, Mark C ^f   McLaughlin, Daniel L ^g   Alexander, Laurie C ^a   Ameli, Ali A ^b   Christensen, Jay R ^a   Evenson, Grey R ^h   Jones, Charles N ^g   Lane, Charles R ^a   Lang, Megan ⁱ  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^g VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

ⁱ US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LAND MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SURFACE WATER; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

EID: 85016261118     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fee.1504     Document Type: Review

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