Riparian wetlands of tropical streams

Tropical Stream Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 199-217

  Wantzen, Karl M ^a   Yule, Catherine M ^b   Tockner, Klement ^c   Junk, Wolfgang J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

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

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012088449-0.50009-1     Document Type: Chapter

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