Authors:
Wissmar, R.C. and R.L. Beschta
Publication Date:
1998
Abstract/Summary:
We propose that strategies for the management of riparian ecosystems should incorporate concepts of landscape ecology and contemporary principles of restoration and conservation. A detailed understanding of the temporal and spatial dynamics of the catchment landscape (e.g. changes in the connectivity and functions of channel, riparian and terrestrial components) is critical. This perspective is based upon previous definitions of riparian ecosystems, consideration of functional attributes at different spatial scales and retrospective analyses of anthropogenic influences on river catchments.
Resource Type:
Peer-reviewed Article
Source:
Freshwater Biology
Link:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2427.1998.00383.x/abstract