Instream flow and cottonwood growth in the eastern Sierra Nevada of California, USA

Regulated Rivers: Research and Management

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-12

  Stromberg, J C ^a   Patten, D T ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendro ecology; Geomorphology; Instream flow; Populus trichocarpa; Riparian vegetation

Indexed keywords

POPULUS TRICHOCARPA;

COTTONWOOD; GROUNDWATER; INSTREAM FLOW; TREE GROWTH; WATER FLOW;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SIERRA NEVADA;

EID: 0029668093     PISSN: 08869375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1646(199601)12:1<1::AID-RRR347>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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