Channel change and vegetation diversity on a low-angle alluvial fan, River Feshie, Scotland

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-71

  Gilvear, D J ^a   Cecil, J ^b   Parsons, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alluvial fan; Biodiversity; Channel change; GIS; River conservation

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FLORISTICS; PLANT COMMUNITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033976763     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0755(200001/02)10:1<53::AID-AQC348>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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