Unusual disturbance: Forest change following a catastrophic debris flow in the Canadian Rocky Mountains

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2204-2215

  Rood, Stewart B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COTTON; FIRES; FLOODS; RAIN;

ALLUVIAL DEBRIS; COTTONWOODS; DEBRIS FLOW; FOREST RESPONSE;

FORESTRY;

ALLUVIAL FAN; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CLONAL GROWTH; DEBRIS FLOW; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; RECOLONIZATION;

CLIMATES; COTTON; FLOODS; FOREST FIRES; POPULUS; RAIN;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; VIMY PEAK;

POPULUS TREMULOIDES; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA;

EID: 33845669991     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-129     Document Type: Article

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