Effects of river regulation on riparian box elder (Acer negundo) forests in canyons of the upper Colorado River Basin, USA

Wetlands

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 278-289

  DeWine, John M ^a,b   Cooper, David J ^b  

^a Canaan Valley Institute   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Dams; Dinosaur National Monument; Flood; Flow regime; Green River; Inset floodplain; Yampa River

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DAM; DECIDUOUS TREE; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; FLOW REGULATION; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; PEAK FLOW; RIPARIAN FOREST; RIPARIAN VEGETATION;

COLORADO; COLORADO BASIN; GREEN RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YAMPA RIVER;

ACER; ACER NEGUNDO; DINOSAURIA;

EID: 40949161734     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2007)27[278:EORROR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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