Modelling river and riparian vegetation interactions and related importance for sustainable ecosystem management

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 266-278

  Perona, Paolo ^a   Camporeale, Carlo ^b   Perucca, Eliana ^b   Savina, Maurizio ^a   Molnar, Peter ^a   Burlando, Paolo ^a   Ridolfi, Luca ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecohydrological models; Floodplain dynamics; Flow regulation; Riparian; River morphodynamics; Stochastic processes; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

BRAIDED RIVER; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FLOODPLAIN; FLOW REGULATION; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MORPHODYNAMICS; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER FLOW; RIVER MANAGEMENT; STOCHASTICITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER RESOURCE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MAGGIA RIVER; SWITZERLAND; TICINO;

EID: 70449522368     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-009-9215-1     Document Type: Article

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