Synchrony of seed dispersal, hydrology and local climate in a semi-arid river reach in California

Ecosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1200-1214

  Stella, John C ^a,b,c   Battles, John J ^a   Orr, Bruce K ^b   McBride, Joe R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Stillwater Sciences   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

California central valley; Degree day model; Flow regulation; Germination; Phenology; Populus; Riparian habitat restoration; Salix; Seed dispersal; Seed longevity; Seedling recruitment

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; HYDROLOGY; PHENOLOGY; RIPARIAN FOREST; RIVER; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SEMIARID REGION; SYNCHRONY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN JOAQUIN BASIN; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; TUOLUMNE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

POPULUS; POPULUS FREMONTII; SALIX; SALIX EXIGUA; SALIX GOODDINGII;

EID: 33751506625     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-005-0138-y     Document Type: Article

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