Including riparian vegetation in the definition of morphologic reference conditions for large rivers: A case study for Europe's Western Plains

Environmental Management

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 625-639

  Van Looy, Kris ^a   Meire, Patrick ^b   Wasson, Jean Gabriel ^c  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c Groupement de Lyon 3 bis   (France)

Author keywords

Large gravel bed rivers; Morphologic reference conditions; Riparian forest

Indexed keywords

LARGE GRAVEL-BED RIVERS; MORPHOLOGIC REFERENCE CONDITIONS; RIPARIAN FORESTS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CORRELATION METHODS; MORPHOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VEGETATION;

RIVERS;

BIOINDICATOR; DICOTYLEDON; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAVEL BED STREAM; RIPARIAN FOREST; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; EUROPE; FOREST; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LAND USE; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; RIVER; VEGETATION;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; PLANTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RIVERS;

ALLIER RIVER; AUVERGNE; DORDOGNE RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; HAUTE LOIRE; LOIRE RIVER; MEUSE RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

POPULUS NIGRA; SALIX PURPUREA;

EID: 42449099868     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9083-9     Document Type: Article

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