Structural and functional responses of floodplain vegetation to stream ecosystem restoration

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 769, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 79-92

  Göthe, Emma ^a   Timmermann, Allan ^a   Januschke, Kathrin ^b   Baattrup Pedersen, Annette ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Diversity; Flooding; Plants; River; Traits

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CATCHMENT; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIVER BASIN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STREAM CHANNEL; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 84959555172     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-015-2401-3     Document Type: Article

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