Ecological restoration of streams and rivers: Shifting strategies and shifting goals

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 45, Issue , 2014, Pages 247-269

  Palmer, Margaret A ^a,b   Hondula, Kelly L ^b   Koch, Benjamin J ^a,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

channel design; restoration; river; social context; success outcomes

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIVER CHANNEL; STREAM CHANNEL;

EID: 84913585471     PISSN: 1543592X     EISSN: 15452069     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-120213-091935     Document Type: Article

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