Mountain river restoration measures and their success(ion): Effects on river morphology, local species pool, and functional composition of three organism groups

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 243-255

  Januschke, Kathrin ^a   Jähnig, Sonja C ^b,c   Lorenz, Armin W ^a   Hering, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^c SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Carabid beetles; Colonization; Dynamic processes; Floodplain vegetation; Habitat heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; CARABID BEETLES; COLONIZATION; DYNAMIC PROCESS; FLOOD PLAINS; HABITAT HETEROGENEITIES;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOODS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAKES; MORPHOLOGY; RIVERS; VEGETATION;

RESTORATION;

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; FLOODPLAIN; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HABITAT RESTORATION; ION; MICROHABITAT; MOUNTAIN STREAM; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES POOL;

GERMANY; LAHN RIVER;

EID: 84890504967     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.10.031     Document Type: Article

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