Projecting avian response to linked changes in groundwater and riparian floodplain vegetation along a dryland river: A scenario analysis

Ecohydrology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 130-142

  Arriana Brand, L ^a,h   Stromberg, Juliet C ^b   Goodrich, David C ^c   Dixon, Mark D ^d   Lansey, Kevin ^e   Kang, Doosun ^e   Brookshire, David S ^f   Cerasale, David J ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d University of South Dakota   (United States)

^e University of Arizona   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^g Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^h U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian abundance; Dryland river; Ecohydrology; Groundwater; Populus; Riparian; Scenario modelling; Space for time substitution; Tamarix

Indexed keywords

AVIAN ABUNDANCE; DRYLAND RIVERS; ECO-HYDROLOGY; POPULUS; RIPARIAN; SCENARIO MODELLING; SPACE-FOR-TIME SUBSTITUTION; TAMARIX;

AQUIFERS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); BIRDS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; VEGETATION;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FLOODPLAIN; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; RECHARGE; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER; STREAMFLOW; WATER TABLE;

ARIZONA; SAN PEDRO RIVER; UNITED STATES;

AVES; POPULUS; PROSOPIS; TAMARIX;

EID: 78751507135     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.143     Document Type: Article

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