Assessment of riparian vegetation sensitivity to river hydrology downstream of a major Texas dam

River Research and Applications

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 230-244

  Alldredge, Blake ^a   Moore, Georgianne ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottomland hardwood forests; Dam effects; Environmental flows; Flood analysis; Floodplain vegetation; Sabine River; Toledo Bend Dam; Topographic gradients

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION COVER; WETLAND;

SABINE RIVER; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893720685     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.2625     Document Type: Article

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