Future wet grasslands: ecological implications of climate change

Ecosystem Health and Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Joyce, Chris B ^a   Simpson, Matthew ^b   Casanova, Michelle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

agricultural production; biodiversity; climate extremes; disturbance; drought; ecosystem services; flooding; mitigation; Special Feature: Wetlands and Global Climate and Land use Change; wetland

Indexed keywords

EID: 85038893459     PISSN: 20964129     EISSN: 23328878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ehs2.1240     Document Type: Article

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