Meeting the challenges of urban river habitat restoration: Developing a methodology for the River Thames through central London

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Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 435-445

  Francis, Robert A ^a   Hoggart, Simon P G ^a   Gurnell, Angela M ^a   Coode, Chris ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b City of London Corporation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecological status; Habitat creation; Landscape ecology; River restoration; River Thames; Urban river

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT RESTORATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; RIVER MANAGEMENT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; THAMES RIVER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 56049083505     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: 14754762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2008.00826.x     Document Type: Article

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