The influence of channelisation on riparian plant assemblages

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1248-1261

  Baattrup Pedersen, Annette ^a,c   Friberg, Nikolai ^a   Larsen, Søren E ^a   Riis, Tenna ^b  

^a Department of Inland Fisheries   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Beta diversity; Environmental characteristics; Gamma diversity; Regulated river; Stream morphology; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CHANNELIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 21244463924     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2005.01383.x     Document Type: Article

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