The ecology of interfaces: Riparian zones

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 28, Issue , 1997, Pages 621-658

  Naiman, Robert J ^a   Décamps, Henri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Buffer; Corridor; Ecotones; Interfaces; Riparian

Indexed keywords

RIPARIAN ZONE;

RIPARIA;

EID: 0344878884     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.28.1.621     Document Type: Review

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