Biogeomorphology and diversity in multiple-channel river systems

Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 179-185

  Brown, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alluvial biodiversity; Anastomosing rivers; Debris dams; Floodplain forests; Ireland; Windthrow

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATA;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEMORPHOLOGY; FLOODPLAIN FOREST;

IRELAND;

EID: 0031396179     PISSN: 09607447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2997731     Document Type: Article

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