Constructed inshore zones as river corridors through urban areas-the Danube in Vienna: Preliminary results

Regulated Rivers: Research and Management

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 175-187

  Chovanec, A ^a   Schiemer, F ^a   Cabela, A ^a   Gressler, S ^a   Grotzer C ^a   Pascher, K ^a   Raab, R ^a   Teufl, H ^a   Wimmer, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Connectivity; Corridor; Rehabilitation; River Danube

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; CONNECTIVITY; HABITAT CORRIDOR; RIVER ENGINEERING;

AUSTRIA;

AMPHIBIA; ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ANSER; REPTILIA;

EID: 0034059874     PISSN: 08869375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1646(200003/04)16:2<175::AID-RRR578>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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