Branch propagation, not cladoptosis, permits dispersive, clonal reproduction of riparian cottonwoods

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 186, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 227-242

  Rood, Stewart B ^a   Kalischuk, Andrea R ^a   Polzin, Mary Louise ^a   Braatne, Jeffrey H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Branches; Clones; Cottonwoods; Dams; Poplars; Populus; Reproduction; Riparian; Rivers

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; MOISTURE; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; TURBULENCE;

FLOW REGULATION;

FORESTRY;

ABSCISSION; CLONAL GROWTH; DISTURBANCE; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

NORTH AMERICA;

CASTOR FIBER; CERVUS ELAPHUS; POPULUS; POPULUS ANGUSTIFOLIA; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA SUBSP. TRICHOCARPA; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; POPULUS DELTOIDES; POPULUS FREMONTII; RIPARIA;

EID: 0344928081     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00276-7     Document Type: Article

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