Spatial metrics and methods for riverscapes : Quantifying variability in riverine fish habitat patterns

Environmetrics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 512-526

  Le Pichon, Céline ^a   Gorges, Guillaume ^a   Baudry, Jacques ^a   Goreaud, François ^b   Boët, Philippe ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Cemagref   (France)

Author keywords

Barbus barbus; GIS mapping; Habitat restoration; Proximity index; Spatial metrics

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; GIS; HYDROGRAPHY; LIFE CYCLE; MAPPING METHOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

BARBUS BARBUS; CYPRINIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 68149110128     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: 1099095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/env.948     Document Type: Article

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