Patterns in woody vegetation along the active zone of a near-natural Alpine river

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 157-166

  Karrenberg, Sophie ^a   Kollmann, Johannes ^b   Edwards, Peter J ^a   Gurnell, Angela M ^c   Petts, Geoffrey E ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alnus incana; Disturbance; Dominance; Pioneer vegetation; Populus nigra; Salix eleagnos; Unit streampower

Indexed keywords

ALNUS INCANA; BETULACEAE; POPULUS; POPULUS NIGRA; SALIX;

EID: 0037287094     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1439-1791-00123     Document Type: Article

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