Linkages among watersheds, stream reaches, and riparian vegetation in dryland ephemeral stream networks

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 350, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 68-82

  Shaw, Jeremy R ^a   Cooper, David J ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvial groundwater; Ephemeral stream; Geomorphology; Riparian vegetation; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; STREAM FLOW; VEGETATION;

ALLUVIAL GROUNDWATER; EPHEMERAL STREAM; RIPARIAN VEGETATION;

WATERSHEDS;

ECOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; STREAM FLOW; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EPHEMERAL STREAM; PLANT COMMUNITY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SEMIARID REGION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WATERSHED;

COLORADO PLATEAU; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38649121463     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.11.030     Document Type: Article

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