The Role of Abandoned Channels as Refugia for Sustaining Pioneer Riparian Forest Ecosystems

Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 776-790

  Stella, John C ^a   Hayden, Maya K ^b   Battles, John J ^b   Piégay, Hervé ^c   Dufour, Simon ^d   Fremier, Alexander K ^e  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ RENNES 2   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

abandoned channel; cottonwood; dendrochronology; floodplain; oxbow; persistence strategy; recruitment refugia; riparian; Sacramento River; Salicaceae

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; ACCRETION; BANK EROSION; COLONIZATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLOODPLAIN; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT CORRIDOR; LAND MANAGEMENT; MEANDER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIONEER SPECIES; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REFUGE; REFUGIUM; REGENERATION; RIPARIAN FOREST; RIVER CHANNEL; SEDIMENTATION; TREE RING;

CALIFORNIA; SACRAMENTO RIVER; UNITED STATES;

POPULUS; POPULUS FREMONTII; SALICACEAE; SALIX;

EID: 79960332424     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-011-9446-6     Document Type: Article

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