Beaver herbivory and its effect on cottonwood trees: Influence of flooding along matched regulated and unregulated rivers

River Research and Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-58

  Breck, Stewart W ^a   Wilson, Kenneth R ^a   Andersen, Douglas C ^b  

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

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Castor canadensis; Flaming Gorge Dam; Flooding; Flow regulation; Green River; Herbivory; Populus deltoides; Yampa River

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; FLOW REGULATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORY; RIVER ENGINEERING;

UNITED STATES;

CASTOR CANADENSIS; CASTOR FIBER; PERIDERIDIA GAIRDNERI; POPULUS; POPULUS DELTOIDES; POPULUS FREMONTII;

EID: 0037257396     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.696     Document Type: Article

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