River hydrology and riparian wetlands: A predictive model for ecological assembly

Ecological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 236-246

  Toner, Maureen ^a,b   Keddy, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal zone wetlands; Flood duration; Herbaceous wetland; Logistic regression; Riparian wetlands; River regulation; Temperate; Time of flooding; Vegetation type; Wooded wetland

Indexed keywords

DAM CONSTRUCTION; FLOODING; HYDROLOGY; RIPARIAN WETLAND; RIPARIAN WETLANDS; RIVER DIVERSION; RIVER HYDROLOGY; VEGETATION TYPE;

EID: 0030616820     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[0236:RHARWA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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