Restoration of rivers used for timber floating: Effects on riparian plant diversity

Ecological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 840-851

  Helfield, James M ^a,d   Capon, Samantha J ^b   Nilsson, Christer ^a   Jansson, Roland ^a   Palm, Daniel ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Boreal; Flooding; Fluvial disturbance; Forest; Restoration; Riparian; River; Sweden; Timber floating; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DISTURBANCE; FLOODING; HABITAT RESTORATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SPECIES POOL; TIMBER;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DISASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; PLANT; RIVER; SWEDEN; TREE;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTRY; NATURAL DISASTERS; PLANTS; RIVERS; SWEDEN; TREES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; UME RIVER; VASTERBOTTEN;

PRUNUS MUME;

EID: 34247273074     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-0343     Document Type: Article

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