Threats to riparian ecosystems in Western North America: An analysis of existing literature

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1241-1254

  Poff, Boris ^a   Koestner, Karen A ^b   Neary, Daniel G ^b   Henderson, Victoria ^b  

^a Elko Field Office Bureau of Land Management   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental impacts; Riparian ecology; Sustainability; Water policy

Indexed keywords

AREA OF INTEREST; FIRE SUPPRESSION; FUEL MANAGEMENT; GROUNDWATER PUMPING; INVASIVE SPECIES; JOURNAL ARTICLES; LAND-USE CHANGE; LITERATURE REVIEWS; RESEARCH PAPERS; RIPARIAN ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; TEMPORAL SCALE; TIMBER HARVESTING; WATER DIVERSIONS; WATER POLICY; WATERSHED DEGRADATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOOD CONTROL; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LAND USE; LOGGING (FORESTRY); PUBLISHING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GRAZING; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND USE CHANGE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POLICY MAKING; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SALINITY; SUSTAINABILITY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIMBER HARVESTING; WATER DEPTH;

NORTH AMERICA;

CASTORIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 83055181401     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2011.00571.x     Document Type: Article

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