Natural and artificial linkages and discontinuities in a Mediterranean landscape: Some case studies from the Durance Valley, France

Catena

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 236-250

  Warner, Robin F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catchments; Channels; Connectivity; Degradation; Discontinuities; Floodplains; Linkages; Sources; Storages

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATCHMENT; FLOODPLAIN; GLOBAL WARMING; LANDSCAPE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT;

DURANCE VALLEY; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746885167     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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