The network dynamics hypothesis: How channel networks structure riverine habitats

BioScience

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 413-427

  Benda, Lee ^a   Poff, N Leroy ^b   Miller, Daniel ^c   Dunne, Thomas ^d   Reeves, Gordon ^e   Pess, George ^f   Pollock, Michael ^f  

^a Earth Systems Institute   (United States)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^c Earth Systems Institute   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^f ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Fluvial geomorphology; Landscape ecology; River ecology; River networks

Indexed keywords

RIPARIA;

EID: 2442628281     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2004)054[0413:TNDHHC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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