The Influence Of Wastewater Subsidy, Flood Disturbance And Neighbouring Land Use On Current And Historical Patterns Of Riparian Vegetation In A Semi-Arid Watershed

River Research and Applications

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1230-1245

  Villarreal, M L ^a   Drake, S ^a   Marsh, S E ^a   Mccoy, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Historical vegetation change; Land use; Landscape metrics; Riparian vegetation; Vegetation mapping

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISTURBANCE; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FLOODING; LAND USE CHANGE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEMIARID REGION; WASTEWATER; WATERSHED;

ARIZONA; SANTA CRUZ RIVER [ARIZONA]; UNITED STATES;

POPULUS;

EID: 84867403746     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1510     Document Type: Article

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