Hydrogeomorphic processes and vegetation: Disturbance, process histories, dependencies and interactions

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-22

  Stoffel, Markus ^a,b   Wilford, David J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c British Columbia Ministry of Natural Resource Operations   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alluvial fans; Debris flow cones; Dendrogeomorphology; Forest management; Hydrogeomorphic processes; Riparian vegetation; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLUVIAL FANS; DENDROGEOMORPHOLOGY; HILLSLOPES; HYDROGEOMORPHIC; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; PROCESS HISTORY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; STREAM MORPHOLOGY; TORRENTIAL WATERSHEDS; UPLAND CATCHMENT;

CATCHMENTS; DEBRIS; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; RISK ANALYSIS;

VEGETATION;

ALLUVIAL FAN; CATCHMENT; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DEBRIS FLOW; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GRASS; HILLSLOPE; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHRUB; TREE; WATERSHED;

POACEAE;

EID: 84855351396     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.2163     Document Type: Review

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