Responses of riparian cottonwoods to alluvial water table declines

Environmental Management

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 347-358

  Scott, Michael L ^a   Shafroth, Patrick B ^a   Auble, Gregor T ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado; Gravel mining; Groundwater; Populus deltoides; Riparian; Water stress; Water table declines

Indexed keywords

POPULUS DELTOIDES; WATER TABLE;

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; MORPHOLOGY; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

RIPARIAN FOREST; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER TABLE; WOODLAND;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; WATER SUPPLY;

NORTH AMERICA;

POPULUS; POPULUS DELTOIDES; RIPARIA;

EID: 0033120576     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002679900191     Document Type: Article

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