Marsh development after large floods in an alluvial, arid-land river

Wetlands

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 292-300

  Stromberg, Juliet C ^a   Fry, Jana ^a   Patten, Duncan T ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid land river; Flood disturbance; Populus fremontii; Riparian vegetation; Riverine marsh; Vegetation change; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

JUNCUS; POPULUS; POPULUS FREMONTII; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS VELUTINA; RIPARIA; SALIX; SALIX GOODDINGII; SCHOENOPLECTUS AMERICANUS; SCIRPUS AMERICANUS; TAMARIX CHINENSIS; TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA; TYPHA DOMINGENSIS; VELUTINA; JUNCUS ARTICULATUS;

FLOODING; MARSH; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; VEGETATION CHANGE;

USA, ARIZONA, HASSAYAMPA RIVER;

EID: 0031412811     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03161417     Document Type: Article

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