Streamflow requirements for cottonwood seedling recruitment-An integrative model

Wetlands

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 634-645

  Mahoney, John M ^a   Rood, Stewart B ^b  

^a Alberta Environmental Protection   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cottonwoods; Hydrology; Modelling; Populus; Riparian zone; Seedlings

Indexed keywords

MODELING; RECRUITMENT; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; STREAMFLOW;

AIGEIROS; POPULUS; POPULUS DELTOIDES; POPULUS FREMONTII; RIPARIA; TACAMAHACA;

EID: 0032456221     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03161678     Document Type: Article

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