Interactions between floodplain forests and overbank flows: Data from three piedmont rivers of southeastern France

Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 187-196

  Piégay, Hervé ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Coarse woody debris; Floodplain forest; France; Overbank flows; Piedmont rivers

Indexed keywords

RIPARIA;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; OVERBANK FLOW;

FRANCE;

EID: 0031401307     PISSN: 09607447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2997732     Document Type: Article

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