Tree species-richness and topographic complexity along the riparian edge of the Potomac River

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 109, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 305-314

  Everson, Daniel A ^a   H Boucher, Douglas ^b  

^a Rt 1 Box 166   (United States)

^b HOOD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

C and O Canal; Floodplain forest; Fluvial; Geomorphology

Indexed keywords

RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TREE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032538105     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00264-3     Document Type: Article

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