Effects of deposited wood on biocomplexity of river corridors

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 377-382

  Gurnell, Angela ^a   Tockner, Klement ^b   Edwards, Peter ^c   Petts, Geoffrey ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; RIPARIAN FOREST; RIVER CHANNEL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WOOD;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 24344482767     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1540-9295(2005)003[0377:EODWOB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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