A model of plant strategies in fluvial hydrosystems

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1692-1705

  Bornette, G ^a   Tabacchi, E ^b   Hupp, C ^c   Puijalon, S ^d   Rostan, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b Institut National Polytechnique   (France)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Deposition processes; Disturbance; Erosion processes; Life history traits; River

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049183280     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.01994.x     Document Type: Article

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