Sediment transport due to tree root throw: Integrating tree population dynamics, wildfire and geomorphic response

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1255-1269

  Gallaway, J M ^a   Martin, Y E ^a   Johnson, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Sediment transport; Tree root throw; Tree topple; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL DIAMETER; CROWN FIRES; EXPONENTIAL RATES; FIELD DATA; FIELD STUDIES; FOREST DISTURBANCES; GEOMORPHIC RESPONSE; ON TIME; POST-FIRE; STAND AGE; TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; TIME LAG; TRANSPORT DISTANCES; TRANSPORT MODELS; TREE DIAMETER; TREE MORTALITY; TREE POPULATION; TREE ROOT; TREE ROOT THROW; TREE TOPPLE; WILDFIRE;

EROSION; FORESTRY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

FIRES;

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TREE; WILDFIRE;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; EROSION; FOREST FIRES; ROOTS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; TREES; WATER SHEDS;

HAWK CREEK; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 69749087637     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1813     Document Type: Article

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