Relative elevation topographic surface modelling of a large alluvial river floodplain and applications for the study and management of riparian landscapes

Landscape Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 461-486

  Greco, S E ^a   Girvetz, E H ^a   Larsen, E W ^a   Mann, J P ^a   Tuil, J L ^a   Lowney, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank height; Channel meander migration; Depth to water table; Flood inundation; Plant community distribution; Restoration design; Sacramento River; Spatial modelling

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; FLOOD; FLOODPLAIN; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MODELING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER CHANNEL; WATER TABLE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SACRAMENTO RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47949116767     PISSN: 01426397     EISSN: 14699710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01426390801949149     Document Type: Article

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