Shifting dominance of riparian Populus and Tamarix along gradients of flow alteration in western North American rivers

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 135-152

  Merritt, David M ^a,b   Leroy Poff, N ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Dams; Flow management; Flow regime; Index of flow modification; Invasive species; Populus; River management; River restoration; Tamarisk; Tamarix ramosissima; Vegetation change; Water development

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARID REGION; DAM CONSTRUCTION; DECIDUOUS TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW REGULATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVASIVE SPECIES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER FLOW; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SHRUB; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; ASPEN; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVER; TAMARICACEAE; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW;

ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULUS; RIVERS; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; TAMARICACEAE; WATER MOVEMENTS;

UNITED STATES;

POPULUS; TAMARICACEAE; TAMARIX; TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA;

EID: 77649158409     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-2251.1     Document Type: Article

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