Managed flooding for riparian ecosystem restoration: Managed flooding reorganizes riparian forest ecosystems along the middle Rio Grande in New Mexico

BioScience

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 749-756

  Molles Jr , Manuel C ^c   Crawford, Clifford S ^c   Ellis, Lisa M ^c   Valett, H Maurice ^b   Dahm, Clifford N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIPARIA;

EID: 3542992034     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1313337     Document Type: Article

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