Channel changes in burned streams of northern Nevada

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1494-1506

  Kozlowski, Donald ^a   Swanson, Sherman ^a   Schmidt, Kurtiss ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental impacts; Fire; Monitoring; Riparian ecology; Rivers streams

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIPARIAN ZONE; SHRUB; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATERSHED; WILDFIRE;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 77956232010     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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