Changes in diameter growth of taxodium distichum in response to flow alterations in the savannah river

Wetlands

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-71

  Palta, Monica M ^a   Doyle, Thomas W ^b   Jackson, C Rhett ^c,d   Meyer, Judy L ^c   Sharitz, Rebecca R ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dam operations; Flooding; Subsidy stress hypothesis; Tree ring analysis

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DAM CONSTRUCTION; DIAMETER; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HABITAT RESTORATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROPERIOD; IMPOUNDMENT; RIVER FLOW; SEDGE; TREE RING;

SAVANNAH RIVER; UNITED STATES;

TAXODIUM; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM;

EID: 84863718561     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-011-0245-9     Document Type: Article

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