Concepts of hydrological connectivity: Research approaches, pathways and future agendas

2013/02/18 by L.J. Bracken, Louise J. Bracken, John Wainwright +11 · 711 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Cartography #Computer science #Conceptual framework #Ecology #Environmental resource management #Environmental science #Geography #Geology #Hydrological modelling #Hydrology (agriculture) #Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes #Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies #Process (computing) #Sociology #Soil erosion and sediment transport #Surface runoff #Terrain #Variety (cybernetics)

paper · open access · doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.02.001

published in Earth-Science Reviews 119, 17-34 (Elsevier BV)

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