"Livewood": Geomorphic and ecological functions of living trees in river channels

BioScience

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1069-1078

  Opperman, Jeffrey J ^a   Meleason, Mark ^b   Francis, Robert A ^c   Davies Colley, Rob ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Channel morphology; Forest stream interactions; Large wood; Riparian forest; Stream ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349124892     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/B581110     Document Type: Review

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