Riparian vegetation metrics as tools for guiding ecological restoration in riverscapes;Descripteurs de la vAcgActation rivulaire comme guide de la restauration Accologique au sein des paysages de cours daeau

Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems

Volumn , Issue 402, 2011, Pages

  Aguiar, Francisca Constança ^a   Fernandes, Maria Rosário ^a   Teresa Ferreira, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ecological condition; GIS applications; Indices; Landscape metrics; Riparian woods

Indexed keywords

EID: 85041944537     PISSN: 19619502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/kmae/2011074     Document Type: Article

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