Simulated recruitment of riparian trees and shrubs under natural and regulated flow regimes on the Wisconsin River, USA

River Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1057-1083

  Dixon, Mark D ^a,b   Turner, Monica G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer saccharinum; Betula nigra; Dams; Populus deltoides; Salix exigua; Salix nigra; Seedling establishment; Simulation modelling

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOW; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOW PATTERN; RECRUITMENT; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER BANK; RIVER FLOW; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHRUB; TREE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN; WISCONSIN RIVER;

ACER; ACER SACCHARINUM; BETULA NIGRA; POPULUS; POPULUS DELTOIDES; SALIX; SALIX EXIGUA; SALIX NIGRA;

EID: 33845796627     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.948     Document Type: Article

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