The influence of riparian vegetation cover on diffuse lateral sediment connectivity and biogeomorphic processes in a medium-sized agricultural catchment, Austria

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 511-529

  Poeppl, Ronald E ^a   Keiler, Margreth ^b   Von Elverfeldt, Kirsten ^c   Zweimueller, Irene ^a   Glade, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biogeomorphic processes; Land use; Lateral sediment connectivity; Riparian vegetation; Root dams

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LAND USE; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; ROOT SYSTEM; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION TYPE;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 84870192335     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0459.2012.00476.x     Document Type: Article

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