Planted riparian buffer zones in New Zealand: Do they live up to expectations?

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 436-447

  Parkyn, Stephanie M ^a   Davies Colley, Rob J ^a   Halliday, N Jane ^a   Costley, Kerry J ^a   Croker, Glenys F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Habitat; Invertebrates; Rehabilitation; Riparian; Stream; Temperature; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BUFFER ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT QUALITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN ZONE; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

INVERTEBRATA; RIPARIA;

EID: 0347022891     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.2003.rec0260.x     Document Type: Article

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