Channel narrowing and vegetation development following a great plains flood

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2167-2181

  Friedman, Jonathan M ^a   Osterkamp, W R ^b   Lewis Jr , William M ^c  

^a US National Biological Service   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottomland vegetation; Channel narrowing; Colorado; Cottonwood; Dendrochronology; Disturbance; Flood; Patch dynamics; Succession

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SUCCESSION;

USA, COLORADO, PLUM CREEK;

POPULUS; SALICACEAE;

EID: 0030431846     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265710     Document Type: Article

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