Riverine landscape dynamics and ecological risk assessment

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 845-865

  Leuven, Rob S E W ^a   Poudevigne, Isabelle ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Habitat alteration; Landscape dynamics; Risk modelling; Riverine ecosystems

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RIPARIAN ZONE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

RIPARIA;

EID: 0036222657     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2002.00918.x     Document Type: Article

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