Riparian woody plant traits across an urban-rural land use gradient and implications for watershed function with urbanization

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 42-55

  Burton, Michele L ^a   Samuelson, Lisa J ^a   Mackenzie, Mark D ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DCA ordination; Functional traits; Trait matrix

Indexed keywords

DATA STREAMS; ECOLOGY; LAND USE; PLANTS (BOTANY); REFORESTATION; WATERSHEDS;

CORRELATIVE ANALYSIS; DCA ORDINATION; DETRENDED CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; REPRODUCTIVE TRAITS; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; WOODY PLANT SPECIES;

RURAL AREAS;

LAND USE; RIPARIAN FOREST; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WATERSHED; WOODY PLANT;

COLUMBUS [GEORGIA]; GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 59349096884     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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