Biodiversity of floodplain river ecosystems: Ecotones and connectivity

River Research and Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 125-139

  Ward, J V ^a   Tockner, K ^a   Schiemer, F ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Connectivity; Disturbance; Ecotones; Floodplains; Hierarchy; River regulation; Succession

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONNECTIVITY; ECOTONE; FLOODPLAIN;

EID: 0033019763     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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