Post-flooding distribution and characteristics of large woody debris piles along the semi-arid Sabie River, South Africa

River Research and Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-38

  Pettit, N E ^a,b   Naiman, R J ^a   Rogers, K H ^c   Little, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Flooding; Geomorphology; Kruger National Park; Large woody debris; Riparian; Semi arid riparian ecology; South Africa

Indexed keywords

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; FLOODING; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SEMIARID REGION;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

RIPARIA;

EID: 12844254417     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.812     Document Type: Article

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