Environmental determinants of woody and herbaceous riparian vegetation patterns in a semi-arid mediterranean basin

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 730, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-57

  Bruno, Daniel ^a   Belmar, Oscar ^b   Sánchez Fernández, David ^c   Velasco, Josefa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b EDF R AND D   (France)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Environmental gradient; Hydrogeomorphology; Land use; Mediterranean riparian communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898540894     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-014-1822-8     Document Type: Article

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