articleFreshwater BiologyApr 1, 2002Closed access

Riverine landscape diversity

JVJ. V. WardKTKlement TocknerDBDavid B. ArscottCCCécile Claret

Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

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Abstract

1. This review is presented as a broad synthesis of riverine landscape diversity, beginning with an account of the variety of landscape elements contained within river corridors. Landscape dynamics within river corridors are then examined in the context of landscape evolution, ecological succession and turnover rates of landscape elements. This is followed by an overview of the role of connectivity and ends with a riverine landscape perspective of biodiversity. 2. River corridors in the natural state are characterised by a diverse array of landscape elements, including surface waters (a gradient of lotic and lentic waterbodies), the fluvial stygoscape (alluvial aquifers), riparian systems (alluvial forests,…

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  • Ecology
  • Fluvial
  • Floodplain
  • Riparian zone
  • Landscape ecology
  • Ecotope
  • Overbank
  • Biodiversity
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Life in Land
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