Large river floodplain restoration: Predicting species richness and trait responses to the restoration of hydrological connectivity

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 250-258

  Paillex, Amael ^a   Dolédec, Sylvain ^b   Castella, Emmanuel ^a   Mérigoux, Sylvie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Floodplain restoration; Large river; Lateral connectivity; Macroinvertebrates; Non native species; Rh ne river; Species traits

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONNECTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FLOODPLAIN; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PREDICTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; RHONE RIVER;

EID: 58249121719     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01593.x     Document Type: Article

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