Preliminary investigation into the effects of water-level control on seedling recruitment in riparian cottonwoods, Populus deltoides, on the South Saskatchewan River

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 684-693

  Begg, C S ^a   Archibold, O W ^a   Delanoy, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Meewasin Valley Authority   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cottonwoods; Gardiner Dam; Population recruitment; Populus deltoides; River discharge; Saskatoon; Seedling establishment; South Saskatchewan River

Indexed keywords

DAM CONSTRUCTION; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; WATER LEVEL;

CANADA;

EID: 0032194423     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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