Six decades of changes in the riparian corridor of a mediterranean river: A synthetic analysis based on historical data sources

Ecohydrology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 536-553

  Garofano Gomez V ^a   Martinez Capel F ^a   Bertoldi, W ^b   Gurnell, A ^c   Estornell, J ^a   Segura Beltran F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flow regulation; Landscape metrics; Riparian vegetation; Semi arid Mediterranean river; Temporal evolution

Indexed keywords

FLOW REGULATION; LANDSCAPE METRICS; MEDITERRANEAN RIVERS; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

BIODIVERSITY; FLOW OF WATER; VEGETATION;

RIVERS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; FLOW REGULATION; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER; RIVER ENGINEERING; SEMIARID REGION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

MIJARES RIVER; SPAIN;

EID: 84875128853     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1330     Document Type: Article

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