Simulated Effects of Stream Restoration on the Distribution of Wet-Meadow Vegetation

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 882-893

  Hammersmark, Christopher T ^a   Dobrowski, Solomon Z ^b   Rains, Mark C ^c   Mount, Jeffrey F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

GAM; Habitat suitability model; Hydrologic model; Pond and plug; Stream restoration; Water table

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MEADOW; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAM CHANNEL; WATER LEVEL; WATER TABLE;

BEAR CREEK; IOWA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954398005     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2009.00519.x     Document Type: Article

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