Attributes for assessing the environmental quality of riparian zones

Limnetica

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 389-402

  Del Tánago, Marta Gonzalez ^a   De Jalón, Diego García ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecological status; Environmental assessment; Riparian zones; River restoration

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33747054758     PISSN: 02138409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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