Recent changes in the riparian forest of a large regulated mediterranean river: Implications for management

Environmental Management

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 669-681

  González, Eduardo ^a   González Sanchis, María ^a   Cabezas, Álvaro ^a   Comín, Francisco A ^a   Muller, Etienne ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Canopy dieback; Floodplain forests; Hydrogeomorphic; Mediterranean river; Middle Ebro River; River regulation; Salicaceae; Stand structure; Tamarix

Indexed keywords

EBRO RIVER; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; HYDROGEOMORPHIC; MEDITERRANEAN RIVERS; RIVER REGULATION; SALICACEAE; STAND STRUCTURES;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; PHOTOGRAPHY; RIVERS;

REFORESTATION;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; RIPARIAN FOREST; SUSTAINABILITY; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

ARTICLE; ASPEN; CANOPY; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIEBACK DISEASE; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ELM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FLOODPLAIN; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST STAND; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS ANGUSTIFOLIA; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HABITAT PATCHINESS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PIONEER SPECIES; PLANT DENSITY; PLANT STAND STRUCTURE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULUS NIGRA; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SALIX ALBA; TAMARICACEAE; TAMARIX; ULMUS MINOR; WILLOW;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOODS; FORESTRY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; RIVERS; SPAIN; TREES;

ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTS; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; RIVERS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; TAMARIX;

EBRO RIVER; SPAIN;

FRAXINUS ANGUSTIFOLIA; POPULUS ALBA; POPULUS NIGRA; SALICACEAE; SALIX ALBA; TAMARIX; ULMUS MINOR;

EID: 77952094819     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-010-9441-2     Document Type: Article

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