Landscape scale assessment of stream channel and riparian habitat restoration needs

Landscape and Ecological Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 235-245

  Meixler, Marcia S ^a   Bain, Mark B ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Degradation; Geographic information systems; Rapid assessment; Reach scale; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954152889     PISSN: 18601871     EISSN: 1860188X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11355-010-0103-6     Document Type: Article

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