Contrasting the roles of section length and instream habitat enhancement for river restoration success: A field study of 20 European restoration projects

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1518-1527

  Hering, Daniel ^a   Aroviita, Jukka ^b   Baattrup Pedersen, Annette ^c   Brabec, Karel ^d   Buijse, Tom ^e   Ecke, Frauke ^f   Friberg, Nikolai ^c,g   Gielczewski, Marek ^h   Januschke, Kathrin ^a   Köhler, Jan ⁱ   Kupilas, Benjamin ^a   Lorenz, Armin W ^a   Muhar, Susanne ^j   Paillex, Amael ^k   Poppe, Michaela ^j   Schmidt, Torsten ^a   Schmutz, Stefan ^j   Vermaat, Jan ^l,m   Verdonschot, Piet F M ⁿ   Verdonschot, Ralf C M ⁿ   Wolter, Christian ⁱ   Kail, Jochem ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^f SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^g NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^h WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

ⁱ LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^k SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^l NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^m VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

ⁿ WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

more..

Author keywords

Aquatic macrophytes; Benthic invertebrates; Fish; Floodplain; Flow patterns; Food web; Ground beetles; Riparian vegetation; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; BEETLE; BENTHIC FAUNA; FISH; FLOODPLAIN; FOOD WEB; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INVERTEBRATE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MACROPHYTE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER MANAGEMENT; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CARABIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84952636590     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12531     Document Type: Article

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