Hydroecological model predictions indicate wetter and more diverse soil water regimes and vegetation types following floodplain restoration

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Booth, Eric G ^a,b   Loheide, Steven P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BIOINDICATOR; ECOHYDROLOGY; FLOODPLAIN; FLOW MODELING; GRASS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HABITAT RESTORATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; NICHE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANT COMMUNITY; PREDICTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEDGE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER STORAGE; WETLAND; WETTING;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

CAREX VULPINOIDEA; ELYMUS; ELYMUS CANADENSIS;

EID: 84860377991     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JG001831     Document Type: Article

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