Instream flows and the decline of riparian cottonwoods along the Yakima River, Washington, USA

River Research and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 247-267

  Braatne, Jeffrey H ^a   Jamieson, Robert ^b   Gill, Karen M ^c   Rood, Stewart B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b BioQuest International Inc   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age structure; Black cottonwood; Populus trichocarpa; Recruitment box model; Regulated flows; Seedlings; Sex ratios

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOHYDROLOGY; FLOW PATTERN; FLOW REGULATION; FOREST INVENTORY; GROWTH; INSTREAM FLOW; POPULATION DECLINE; RECRUITMENT; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER FLOW; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; TREE RING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; YAKIMA RIVER;

POPULUS; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA;

EID: 33947537695     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.978     Document Type: Article

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