Flood dependency of cottonwood establishment along the Missouri River, Montana, USA

Ecological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 677-690

  Scott, Michael L ^a   Auble, Gregor T ^a   Friedman, Jonathan M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottomland; Dendrogeomorphology; Disturbance; Flood; Missouri River; Montana; Patch dynamics; Populus deltoides; Riparian ecosystems; Seedling establishment

Indexed keywords

POPULUS; POPULUS DELTOIDES; RIPARIA; POPULUS DELTOIDES MONILIFERA; SALICACEAE;

COTTONWOOD; ESTABLISHMENT; FLOODING; FLOW MANAGEMENT; PLAINS COTTONWOOD;

USA, MONTANA, MISSOURI;

EID: 0030613871     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[0677:FDOCEA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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