Channelization and floodplain forests: Impacts of accelerated sedimentation and valley plug formation on floodplain forests of the Middle Fork Forked Deer River, Tennessee, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 215, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 69-83

  Oswalt, Sonja N ^a,b   King, Sammy L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottomland hardwood forests; Channelization; Degradation; Erosion; Floodplain vegetation; Sedimentation; Tennessee rivers; Valley plugs

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; EROSION; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; VEGETATION;

BOTTOMLAND HARDWOOD FORESTS; CHANNELIZATION; FLOOD PLAIN VEGETATION; VALLEY PLUGS;

FORESTRY;

CHANNELIZATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; EROSION; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEDIMENTATION;

DEGRADATION; EROSION; FORESTS; HYDROLOGY; PLANTS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS;

FORKED DEER RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; CERVIDAE; LIQUIDAMBAR; LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA; QUERCUS;

EID: 24944527759     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.05.004     Document Type: Article

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