River channel response to short-term human-induced change in landscape connectivity in Andean ecosystems

Geomorphology

Volumn 72, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 340-353

  Vanacker, Veerle ^a   Molina, Armando ^b   Govers, Gerard ^b   Poesen, Jean ^b   Dercon, Gerd ^c   Deckers, Seppe ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Aerial photographs; Andes; Ecuador; Land use change; River channel change; River morphology; Sediment connectivity

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHANNEL CHANGE; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; RIVER CHANNEL;

CANAR; DELEG RIVER; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 28744442613     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2005.05.013     Document Type: Article

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