Functional redundancy as a tool for bioassessment: A test using riparian vegetation

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 566-567, Issue , 2016, Pages 1268-1276

  Bruno, D ^a   Gutierrez Canovas C ^a,b   Velasco, J ^a   Sanchez Fernandez D ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Drought; Ecological indicators; Functional traits; Human impact; Mediterranean rivers

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; REDUNDANCY; RIVERS;

BIOMONITORING; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; HUMAN IMPACT; MEDITERRANEAN RIVERS;

ECOLOGY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMONITORING; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIPARIAN VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURE; ANTHROPOGENIC STRESS GRADIENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUNCTIONAL REDUNDANCY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; RIPARIAN QUALITY INDEX; RIVER; SPECIES RICHNESS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAXONOMY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOTA; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PLANT; PROCEDURES; SPAIN;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

BIOTA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; SPAIN;

EID: 84989822126     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.05.186     Document Type: Article

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