Monitoring of riparian vegetation response to flood disturbances using terrestrial photography

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 195-208

  Dzubakova K ^a,b   Molnar, P ^a   Schindler, K ^a   Trizna, M ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); ELECTRIC ARCS; FLOODS; GRAVEL; INFRARED DEVICES; PHOTOGRAPHY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION;

FLOOD DISTURBANCES; RESTORATION PROJECT; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER MANAGEMENT; TERRESTRIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; VEGETATION DAMAGE; VEGETATION INDEX; VEGETATION RESPONSE;

RIVERS;

BRAIDED RIVER; FLOODPLAIN; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; GRAVEL BED STREAM; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER MANAGEMENT; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

MAGGIA RIVER; SWITZERLAND; TICINO;

EID: 84920972632     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-19-195-2015     Document Type: Article

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