Initial cottonwood seedling recruitment following the flood of the century of the Oldman River, Alberta, Canada

Wetlands

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 557-570

  Rood, Stewart B ^a   Kalischuk, Andrea R ^a   Mahoney, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cottonwoods; Flood disturbance; Populus; Restoration; Riparian vegetation; Seedlings; Stream flow management

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLOOD; RECRUITMENT; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

ALBERTA; CANADA; OLDMAN RIVER;

DICOTYLEDONEAE; POPULUS; POPULUS ANGUSTIFOLIA; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA; POPULUS DELTOIDES; RIPARIA;

EID: 0032464344     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03161672     Document Type: Article

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