Multiple pathways for woody plant establishment on floodplains at local to regional scales

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 182-196

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

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

^b FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado; Dams; Floods; Green River; Populus; Regulated river; Riparian; Tamarix; Tree ageing; Unregulated river; Utah; Yampa River

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FLOODPLAIN; RECRUITMENT; REGRESSION; RIPARIAN FOREST; WOODY PLANT;

UNITED STATES;

PERIDERIDIA GAIRDNERI; POPULUS; POPULUS DELTOIDES; RIPARIA; TAMARIX; TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA;

EID: 0037392774     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2003.00766.x     Document Type: Article

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