Interactions between vegetation development and island formation in the Alpine river Tagliamento

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-36

  Kollmann, J ^c   Vieli, M ^a   Edwards, P J ^a   Tockner, K ^b   Ward, J V ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Braided river; Cyclical vegetation dynamics; Facilitation; Gravel bar; Large woody debris; Riverine island

Indexed keywords

ALNUS INCANA; POPULUS NIGRA; SALIX ALBA; SALIX DAPHNOIDES; SALIX ELAEAGNOS; SALIX PURPUREA; SALIX TRIANDRA;

EID: 0032789842     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1478878     Document Type: Article

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