Riverine macrosystems ecology: Sensitivity, resistance, and resilience of whole river basins with human alterations

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 48-58

  McCluney, Kevin E ^a,b,f   Poff, N Leroy ^a   Palmer, Margaret A ^c   Thorp, James H ^d   Poole, Geoffrey C ^e   Williams, Bradley S ^d   Williams, Michael R ^c   Baron, Jill S ^a,b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONNECTIVITY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MACROECOLOGY; PATCH USE; RIVER BASIN; TOPOGRAPHY; WATERSHED;

EID: 84890218168     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/120367     Document Type: Article

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