Multifunctional floodplain management and biodiversity effects: a knowledge synthesis for six European countries

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1349-1382

  Schindler, Stefan ^a,b   O’Neill, Fionnuala H ^c   Biró, Marianna ^d   Damm, Christian ^e   Gasso, Viktor ^f   Kanka, Robert ^g   van der Sluis, Theo ^h   Krug, Andreas ⁱ   Lauwaars, Sophie G ^j   Sebesvari, Zita ^k   Pusch, Martin ^l   Baranovsky, Boris ^f   Ehlert, Thomas ⁱ   Neukirchen, Bernd ⁱ   Martin, James R ^c   Euller, Katrin ^a,m   Mauerhofer, Volker ⁿ   Wrbka, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^c Botanical Environmental Conservation Consultants Ltd   (Ireland)

^d INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND BOTANY   (Hungary)

^e KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f OLES HONCHAR DNIPRO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^g INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^h WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁱ Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN)   (Germany)

^j RIJKSWATERSTAAT   (Netherlands)

^k UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^l LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

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

ⁿ UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Flood protection; Green infrastructure; River Regulation; River restoration; Water framework directive

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODPLAIN; KNOWLEDGE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SERVICE PROVISION; STAKEHOLDER;

EUROPE;

EID: 84973163990     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-016-1129-3     Document Type: Article

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