Climatic and stream-flow controls on tree growth in a Western Montane riparian forest

Environmental Management

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 678-691

  Disalvo, Angela C ^b   Hart, Stephen C ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Basal area growth; Betula; Branch growth; Pinus; Populus; Sierra Nevada Mountains; Stream flow diversion

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONTROL; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; STREAM FLOW;

RIPARIAN FORESTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FLOW REGULATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; MONTANE FOREST; STREAMFLOW;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; STREAM (RIVER); TREE GROWTH; WATER FLOW; ASPEN; BIRCH; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PINE; SOIL; TREE; WATER SUPPLY;

UNITED STATES;

BETULA; BETULA OCCIDENTALIS; MONOPHYLLA; PINUS JEFFREYI; PINUS MONOPHYLLA; POPULUS; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA SUBSP. TRICHOCARPA; RIPARIA;

BETULA; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PINUS; POPULUS; SOIL; TREES; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0036832072     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-002-2719-2     Document Type: Article

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