Quantifying flooding regime in floodplain forests to guide river restoration

Quantifying flooding regime in floodplain forests to guide river restoration

Abstract Determining the flooding regime needed to support distinctive floodplain forests is essential for effective river conservation under the ubiquitous human alteration of river flows characteristic of the Anthropocene Era. At over 100 sites throughout the Connecticut River basin, the largest r...

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Main Authors: Christian O. Marks, Keith H. Nislow, Francis J. Magilligan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BioOne 2014-09-01
Series:Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene
Subjects:
bottomland forests
environmental flows
flow alteration
invasion resistance
riparian vegetation
river channel design
vegetation zonation
Online Access:http://elementascience.org/article/info:doi/10.12952/journal.elementa.000031

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