Determination of minimum flood flow for regeneration of floodplain forest from inundated forest width-stage curve

Floods are essential for the regeneration and growth of floodplain forests in arid and semiarid regions. However, river flows, and especially flood flows, have decreased greatly with the increase of water diversion from rivers and/or reservoir regulation, resulting in severe deterioration of floodpl...

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Main Authors: Song-hao Shang, Xiao-min Mao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2010-09-01
Series:Water Science and Engineering
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674237015301174