Mortality of riparian box elder from sediment mobilization and extended inundation

Regulated Rivers: Research and Management

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 463-476

  Friedman, Jonathan M ^a   Auble, Gregor T ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer negundo; Critical shear stress; Flood; Riparian vegetation; Sediment

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY;

EID: 0033410254     PISSN: 08869375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1646(199909/10)15:5<463::AID-RRR559>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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