Drought stress and recovery of riparian cottonwoods due to water table alteration along Willow Creek, Alberta

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 351-358

  Amlin, Nadine M ^a   Rood, Stewart B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cottonwoods; Drought; Populus balsamifera; Stress; Water relations

Indexed keywords

GRAVEL; GROUNDWATER; WATER RESOURCES;

PHENOLOGY;

FORESTRY;

POPULUS; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA; RIPARIA; SALIX;

EID: 0038489372     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-003-0245-3     Document Type: Article

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