A Conceptual Model of Vegetation-hydrogeomorphology Interactions Within River Corridors

River Research and Applications

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 142-163

  Gurnell, A M ^a   Corenblit, D ^b,c   Garcia de Jalon D ^d   Gonzalez del Tanago M ^d   Grabowski, R C ^e   O'Hare, M T ^f   Szewczyk, M ^g,h  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^g Environmental Information Centre UNEP GRID Warsaw   (Poland)

^h WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aquatic vegetation; Biogeomorphology; Fluvial processes; Hydrogeomorphology; Riparian vegetation

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL PROCESS; HEADWATER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER ENGINEERING; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SELF ORGANIZATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84957431802     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.2928     Document Type: Article

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