The floodplain large-wood cycle hypothesis: A mechanism for the physical and biotic structuring of temperate forested alluvial valleys in the North Pacific coastal ecoregion

Geomorphology

Volumn 139-140, Issue , 2012, Pages 460-470

  Collins, Brian D ^a   Montgomery, David R ^a   Fetherston, Kevin L ^b   Abbe, Tim B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b R2 Resource Consultants   (United States)

^c ENTRIX INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeomorphology; Fluvial geomorphology; Foundation species; Riparian forest; River restoration; Wood debris

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOME; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; RAINFOREST; RIPARIAN FOREST; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER FLOW; TEMPERATE FOREST; WOODY DEBRIS;

PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84855983109     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.11.011     Document Type: Article

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