Spatial and temporal tree colonization in a midstream sediment bar and the mechanisms governing tree mortality during a flood event

River Research and Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 960-976

  Asaeda, Takashi ^a   Gomes, Pattiyage I A ^a   Takeda, Eisuke ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Albizia julibrissin; Flood disturbance; Forestation; Robinia pseudoacacia; Salix gilgiana; Sediment bar

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; COLONIZATION; FLOODING; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; TREE;

ALBIZIA JULIBRISSIN; ROBINIA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA; SALIX; SALIX GILGIANA;

EID: 78650506965     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1313     Document Type: Article

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