Influence of dam regulation on 55-year canopy shifts in riparianforests

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 159-170

  Johnson, Sarah E ^a,b   Waller, Donald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NORTHLAND COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISTURBANCES; COLONIZING SPECIES; DUTCH ELM DISEASE; FLOODING TOLERANCE; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; INVASIVE SPECIES; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); FLOODS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RIVERS;

FORESTRY;

BASELINE CONDITIONS; DAM; FLOODPLAIN; FOREST CANOPY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LOGGING (TIMBER); OVERSTORY; RIPARIAN FOREST; SWAMP FOREST;

FLOODS; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HYDROLOGY; PLANTS; RIVERS; WISCONSIN;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84875023640     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2012-0390     Document Type: Article

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