Adjustments in channel form, sediment calibre and vegetation around check-dams in the headwater reaches of mountain torrents, Calabria, Italy

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1011-1021

  Bombino, G ^a   Gurnell, A M ^b   Tamburino, V ^a   Zema, D A ^a   Zimbone, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Check dams; Fiumara; Global canopy cover; Riparian vegetation; River bed sediment calibre; Weighted canopy height; Width depth ratio

Indexed keywords

CHECK-DAMS; FIUMARA; GLOBAL CANOPY COVER; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER BED SEDIMENT CALIBRE; WEIGHTED CANOPY HEIGHT; WIDTH/DEPTH RATIO;

CATCHMENTS; DAMS; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURVEYS;

VEGETATION;

CANOPY GAP; DAM; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEADWATER; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER BED; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CALABRIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 69249212369     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1791     Document Type: Article

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