Branch growth of riparian cottonwoods: A hydrologically sensitive dendrochronological tool

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 215-223

  Willms, Jennifer ^a   Rood, Stewart B ^a   Willms, Walter ^b   Tyree, Melvin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Branch growth; Cottonwoods; Instream flow needs; Populus; Riparian ecosystems

Indexed keywords

CANADA; ECOLOGY;

POPULUS ANGUSTIFOLIA; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA; POPULUS DELTOIDES;

EID: 0031935280     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004680050143     Document Type: Article

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