Why we need to know more about the relationships between flood regimes and the responses of nature and natural processes

Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-14

  Platteeuw, Maarten ^a   Pieterse, Nico ^b  

^a INST INLAND WATER MGMT WASTE W   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Institute for Spatial Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ecological rehabilitation; EU policies; Flooding; Research needs; Water management

Indexed keywords

ECOHYDROLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FLOODING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 28244444933     PISSN: 16423593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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