Present species richness of plant communities in alpine stream corridors in relation to historical river management

Biological Conservation

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 21-33

  Girel, Jacky ^a   Manneville, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Alps; Colonization; Conser vation; Disturbance; Floodplain; Fragmentation; Hydrosystems; Land use history

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; FLOODING; PLANT; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

FRANCE; ISERE VALLEY; RHONE VALLEY; RHONE-ALPES;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0032127932     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00167-5     Document Type: Article

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