Early vegetation development on an exposed reservoir: Implications for dam removal

Environmental Management

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 806-818

  Auble, Gregor T ^a   Shafroth, Patrick B ^a   Scott, Michael L ^a   Roelle, James E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado; Cottonwood; Dam removal; Drawdown; Horsetooth Reservoir; Recruitment box model; Reservoir margin; Riparian

Indexed keywords

COLORADO; COTTONWOOD; DAM REMOVAL; HORSETOOTH RESERVOIR; RECRUITMENT BOX MODEL; RESERVOIR MARGIN; RIPARIAN ZONES;

DAMS; ECOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

VEGETATION;

DAM REMOVAL; DICOTYLEDON; DRAWDOWN; RECRUITMENT; RESERVOIR; RIPARIAN ZONE; TRAJECTORY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION TYPE;

ARTICLE; MOISTURE; MONILIFERA; PLANT; PLANT DENSITY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; POPULUS DELTOIDES; RESERVOIR; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; SEED DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURE; COLORADO; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANTS; POPULUS; SEEDS; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

COLORADO; HORSETOOTH RESERVOIR; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

POPULUS; POPULUS DELTOIDES;

EID: 34248233207     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-006-0018-z     Document Type: Article

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