River restoration: Linking science with application

Ecology and Civil Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-25

  Tockner, Klement ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

conservation; ecosystem services; floodplain; refugia; resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956548267     PISSN: 13443755     EISSN: 18825974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3825/ece.10.15     Document Type: Article

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