Factors controlling the establishment of fremont cottonwood seedlings on the upper Green River, USA

River Research and Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 419-440

  Cooper, David J ^a   Merritt, David M ^a   Andersen, Douglas C ^b   Chimner, Rodney A ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvial soil; Colorado; Competition; Cottonwood; Desiccation; Populus; Regulated river; Riparian vegetation; Seedling population dynamics; Tamarisk; Tamarix; Utah

Indexed keywords

PERIDERIDIA GAIRDNERI; POPULUS; POPULUS DELTOIDES; POPULUS FREMONTII; RIPARIA; TAMARICACEAE; TAMARIX;

ARID REGION; FLOW REGULATION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER FLOW; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033459497     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1646(199909/10)15:5<419::aid-rrr555>3.0.co;2-y     Document Type: Article

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