A century of riparian forest expansion following extreme disturbance: Spatio-temporal change in Populus/Salix/Tamarix forests along the Upper San Pedro River, Arizona, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1181-1189

  Stromberg, Juliet C ^a   Tluczek, Melanie G F ^b   Hazelton, Andrea F ^a   Ajami, Hoori ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Floods; Populus; Riparian; River; Tamarix; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CHANNELS; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; AGE STRUCTURES; AGRICULTURAL SECTOR; ARIZONA , USA; BARE GROUNDS; CONSERVATION AREAS; COVER TYPES; DRYLAND RIVERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES; EXTREME FLOOD; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOOD RUNOFF; FOREST AREA; FOREST CHANGE; FOREST CONSERVATION; FOREST EXPANSION; LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE; MANAGEMENT PLANS; NARROW BANDS; PLANTINGS; POPULUS; RIPARIAN FORESTS; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL CHANGES; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS; TEMPORAL PATTERN; VEGETATION CHANGE; WATER WITHDRAWAL; WIDE SWATH; YOUNG TREES;

FLOODS; FORESTRY; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; RESTORATION; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CONSERVATION;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; DISTURBANCE; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PLANTATION FORESTRY; RIPARIAN FOREST; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CONSERVATION; FLOODS; FORESTRY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLANTS; POPULUS; RESTORATION; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; TAMARIX; WATER SUPPLY;

ARIZONA; SAN PEDRO RIVER; UNITED STATES;

POPULUS; SALIX; TAMARIX;

EID: 75349092309     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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