"Concave Islands": Habitat heterogeneity of parafluvial ponds in a gravel-bed river

Wetlands

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 26-37

  Karaus, Ute ^a   Alder, Laurenz ^a   Tockner, Klement ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Braided; Patch dynamics; Reference river; Restoration; Riparian

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT STRUCTURE; PATCH DYNAMICS; POND; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER LEVEL;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAGLIAMENTO RIVER; WORLD;

EID: 24344468402     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2005)025[0026:CIHHOP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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