Extreme floods, channel change, and riparian forests along ephemeral streams

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 409-425

  Friedman, Jonathan M ^a   Lee, Victor J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottomland forest; Channel narrowing; Colorado, eastern; Cottonwood, plains; Disturbance, fluvial; Flood; High Plains; Succession

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; EPHEMERAL STREAM; FLOODING; RIPARIAN FOREST; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATERSHED;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

POPULUS; RIPARIA;

EID: 0036707225     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(2002)072[0409:EFCCAR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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