Floodplain management in temperate regions: is multifunctionality enhancing biodiversity?
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Sub-type Journal article Author Schindler, Stefan
Kropik, Michaela
Euller, Katrin
Bunting, Stuart W.
Schulz-Zunkel, Christiane
Hermann, Anna
Hainz-Renetzeder, Christa
Kanka, Robert
Mauerhofer, Volker
Gasso, Viktor
Krug, Andreas
Lauwaars, Sophie G.
Zulka, Klaus P.
Henle, Klaus
Hoffmann, Maurice
Biró, Marianna
Essl, Franz
Jaquier, Sophie
Balázs, Lukács
Borics, Gábor
Hudin, Stephanie
Damm, Christian
Pusch, Martin
van der Sluis, Theo
Sebesvari, Zita
Wrbka, ThomasTitle Floodplain management in temperate regions: is multifunctionality enhancing biodiversity? Appearing in Environmental Evidence Publication Date 2013 Place of Publication London Publisher BioMed Central Start page 1 End page 11 Language eng Abstract Floodplains are among the most diverse, dynamic, productive and populated but also the most threatened ecosystems on Earth. Threats are mainly related to human activities that alter the landscape and disrupt fluvial processes to obtain benefits related to multiple ecosystem services (ESS). Floodplain management therefore requires close coordination among interest groups with competing claims and poses multi-dimensional challenges to policy-makers and project managers. The European Commission proposed in its recent Biodiversity Strategy to maintain and enhance European ecosystems and their services by establishing green infrastructure (GI). GI is assumed to provide multiple ecosystem functions and services including the conservation of biodiversity in the same spatial area. However, evidence for biodiversity benefits of multifunctional floodplain management is scattered and has not been synthesised.
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