Post-Project Appraisals of River Restoration in Advanced University Instruction

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 696-700

  Kondolf, G M ^a   Anderson, Shannah D ^b   Storesund, Rune ^c   Tompkins, Mark ^d   Atwood, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b City of Portland   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Principal Engineering Geomorphologist   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Higher education; Interdisciplinary education; Monitoring; Teaching restoration

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HABITAT; LEARNING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIVER CHANNEL; SALMONID; STUDENT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 81355138718     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2011.00803.x     Document Type: Review

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