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Assessment of riparian environments through semi-automated procedures for the computation of eco-morphological indicators: Preliminary results of the WEQUAL project Cover

Assessment of riparian environments through semi-automated procedures for the computation of eco-morphological indicators: Preliminary results of the WEQUAL project

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|Dec 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/boku-2019-0012 | Journal eISSN: 2719-5430 | Journal ISSN: 0006-5471
Language: English
Page range: 131 - 145
Submitted on: Jun 11, 2019
Accepted on: Aug 4, 2019
Published on: Dec 31, 2019
Published by: Universität für Bodenkultur Wien
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2019 Raimondo Gallo, Gianluca Ristorto, Alex Bojeri, Nadia Zorzi, Gabriele Daglio, Monica Fernanda Rinaldi, Giuliano Sauli, Fabrizio Mazzetto, published by Universität für Bodenkultur Wien
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