Ground-water surface-water interactions and long-term change in riverine riparian vegetation in the southwestern United States

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 320, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 302-323

  Webb, Robert H ^a   Leake, Stanley A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel change; Floods; Geomorphology; Ground water; Riparian vegetation; Surface water

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FLOODS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SURFACE WATERS; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

BEDROCK-LINED CHANNELS; CHANNEL CHANGE; COTTONWOOD; RIPARIAN VEGETATION;

GROUNDWATER;

BIODIVERSITY; FLOODS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; SURFACE WATERS; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

POPULUS; SALIX;

EID: 33645109508     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.07.022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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