Effects of river flow regime on cottonwood leaf litter dynamics in semi-arid northwestern Colorado

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 188-201

  Andersen, Douglas C ^a   Mark Nelson, S ^b  

^a FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PERIDERIDIA GAIRDNERI; POPULUS; POPULUS DELTOIDES WISLIZENII; POPULUS FREMONTII; RIPARIA;

EID: 0038575341     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2003)048<0188:EORFRO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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