Hydrogeomorphic controls of early post-logging successional pathways in a southern floodplain forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1880-1889

  Kupfer, John A ^a   Meitzen, Kimberly M ^a   Pipkin, Ashley R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Congaree River; Geomorphic legacy; Hydrogeomorphology; Stand initiation; Succession

Indexed keywords

COLUMBIA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONGAREE RIVER; EDAPHIC CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; GEOMORPHIC PROCESS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYDROGEOMORPHIC; HYDROGEOMORPHIC CONTROLS; HYDROPERIODS; ORTHOGONAL AXIS; RESPROUTING; SCALE PATTERN; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL CONDITIONS; SOIL DRAINAGE; SOIL REDOX POTENTIAL; SOUTH CAROLINA; SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOOD CONTROL; REFORESTATION; RIVERS; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

PROCESS CONTROL;

CLEARCUTTING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; REDOX POTENTIAL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; STAND DYNAMICS; SUCCESSION;

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; PROCESS CONTROL; REFORESTATION; RIVERS; SOIL; SURVEYS;

CONGAREE RIVER; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950041120     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.01.050     Document Type: Article

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