Big old cottonwoods

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 764-767

  Rood, Stewart B ^a   Polzin, Mary Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Poplars; Riparian; Trees

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; WOOD;

BLACK COTTONWOODS; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; FLOODPLAIN LOCATIONS; HABITAT STRUCTURE;

COTTON;

FLOODPLAIN FOREST; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LONGEVITY; RIPARIAN ZONE;

FLOODING; FORESTRY; POPULUS; RIVERS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; ELK RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AIGEIROS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA; POPULUS; POPULUS ANGUSTIFOLIA; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA SUBSP. TRICHOCARPA; POPULUS DELTOIDES; POPULUS FREMONTII; RIPARIA; TACAMAHACA; THUJA; THUJA PLICATA;

EID: 20444442410     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b03-065     Document Type: Article

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