Reconstructing historical riparian conditions of two river basins in eastern Oregon, USA

Environmental Management

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 412-425

  McAllister, Lynne S ^a,b  

^a DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Oregon Department of State Lands   (United States)

Author keywords

Deschutes River; Historical reconstruction; John Day River; Reference condition; Stream monitoring and assessment; Streamside vegetation

Indexed keywords

DESCHUTES RIVER; ECOREGIONS; HISTORICAL INFORMATION; HISTORICAL RECONSTRUCTION; JOHN DAY RIVER; MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT; OREGON , USA; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PRIMARY DATA; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; REFERENCE CONDITION; REFERENCE CONDITIONS; REFERENCE DATA; REFERENCE SITES; REGIONAL VARIABILITY; RIPARIAN AREAS; RIVER BASINS; STREAM MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT; STREAMSIDE VEGETATION;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LAND USE; PHOTOGRAPHY; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

ECOREGION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HISTORICAL RECORD; LAND USE CHANGE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PALEOECOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPH; RECONSTRUCTION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER BASIN; STREAM; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; OBSERVATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; RIVER BASIN; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OREGON; PLANTS; POACEAE; RIVERS; TREES;

DESCHUTES RIVER; JOHN DAY RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49749145607     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9127-1     Document Type: Article

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