Resizing a river: A downscaled, seasonal flow regime promotes riparian restoration

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 351-359

  Hall, Alexis A ^a,b   Rood, Stewart B ^a   Higgins, Paul S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b BC HYDRO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cottonwoods; Dendrochronology; Populus; Riparian vegetation; River restoration

Indexed keywords

DOWNSCALING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW REGULATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; HABITAT RESTORATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

BRIDGE RIVER; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

POPULUS; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA;

EID: 79955160392     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2009.00581.x     Document Type: Article

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