Restoration of a Danish headwater stream: Short-term changes in plant species abundance and composition

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-23

  Baattrup Pedersen, Annette ^a   Riis, Tenna ^a   Hansen, Hans Ole ^a   Friberg, Nikolai ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Banks; Diversity; Headwaters; Plant communities; Riparian; Species abundance; Stream restoration; Stream valley

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; NATURE CONSERVATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

DENMARK;

EID: 0033964196     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0755(200001/02)10:1<13::AID-AQC351>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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