River networks as ecological corridors: A complex systems perspective for integrating hydrologic, geomorphologic, and ecologic dynamics

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Rodriguez Iturbe, Ignacio ^a   Muneepeerakul, Rachata ^a   Bertuzzo, Enrico ^b   Levin, Simon A ^c   Rinaldo, Andrea ^b,d  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DENDRIMERS; DYNAMICS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; INTEGRATION; LOSS PREVENTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RIVERS; WATER; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

COMPLEX SYSTEMS; DENDRITIC STRUCTURES; FRESHWATER BIODIVERSITIES; FRESHWATER FISHES; GENERAL THEORIES; HUMAN POPULATIONS; HYDROCHORY; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODELS; INTEGRATED FRAMEWORKS; MATHEMATICAL METHODS; PRACTICAL IMPORTANCES; RESOURCE MANAGEMENTS; RIPARIAN SYSTEMS; RIVER BASINS; RIVER NETWORKS; SPREADING OF INFECTIONS; WATER-BORNE DISEASE;

ECOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOHYDROLOGY; FRESHWATER; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROCHORY; MIGRATION; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER BASIN; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 61349130712     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007124     Document Type: Article

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