Pool spacing, channel morphology, and the restoration of tidal forested wetlands of the Columbia River, U.S.A

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 158-168

  Diefenderfer, Heida L ^a,b   Montgomery, David R ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Beaver dam; Ecohydrology; Floodplain forest; Log jam; Picea sitchensis

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; ECOHYDROLOGY; EPHEMERAL POOL; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; HABITAT RESTORATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPACING; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

COLUMBIA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; CASTOR CANADENSIS; PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 58149496623     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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