Biodiversity: Towards a unifying theme for river ecology

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 807-819

  Ward, ^a   Tockner, ^a  

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

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Disturbance; Flood plain; Landscape ecology; River ecology

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; RIVER; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 0034964781     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2001.00713.x     Document Type: Review

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