Biodiversity recovery following delta-wide measures for flood risk reduction

Science Advances

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2017, Pages

  Straatsma, Menno W ^a   Bloecker, Alexandra M ^b   Lenders, H J Rob ^b   Leuven, Rob S E W ^b   Kleinhans, Maarten G ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; RESTORATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS;

BIODIVERSITY LOSS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FLOOD RISK REDUCTION; PERCENTAGE POINTS; RIVER DELTAS; RIVER RESTORATION; TAXONOMIC GROUPS;

FLOODS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; RISK REDUCTION; RIVER;

EID: 85039444169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23752548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1602762     Document Type: Article

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