Changes in Riparian habitats along five major tributaries of the Saint Lawrence River, Québec, Canada: 1964-1997

River Research and Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 617-631

  Charron, Isabelle ^a   Lalonde, Olivier ^a   Roy, André G ^a   Boyer, Claudine ^a   Turgeon, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerial photograph; GIS; Riparian landscape; Saint Lawrence; Temporal change

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MAPPING; RIPARIAN ZONE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRIBUTARY;

BATISCAN RIVER; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; RICHELIEU RIVER; SAINT FRANCOIS RIVER; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER; SAINT MAURICE RIVER; YAMACHICHE RIVER;

EID: 47249159455     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1133     Document Type: Conference Paper

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