Human-disturbed landscapes: Effects on composition and integrity of riparian woody vegetation in the Tagus River basin, Portugal

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 30-41

  Aguiar, Francisca C ^a   Ferreira, Maria Teresa ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aerial photographs; Agricultural landscapes; Environmental factors; Mediterranean streams; Riparian forests; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGIC MODELS; VEGETATION; WOOD;

FLORISTIC; FLUVIAL CORRIDORS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; RIVER VALLEYS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DISTURBANCE; RIPARIAN FOREST; URBANIZATION; WOODY PLANT;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CANOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PLANT; PORTUGAL; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; STREAM (RIVER); URBANIZATION; VEGETATION;

ECOSYSTEMS; GEOLOGY; PLANTS; WOOD;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAGUS BASIN; WORLD;

EID: 22344442380     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892905001992     Document Type: Article

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