Managed Flooding for Riparian Ecosystem Restoration

Managed Flooding for Riparian Ecosystem Restoration

The dams and levels built along the middle of the Rio Grande in New Mexico has reorganized the region's riparian ecosystem. Managed flooding caused the the decrease in the germination and establishment of native cotton-woods and willows.

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Veröffentlicht in:Bioscience 1998-09, Vol.48 (9), p.749-756
Hauptverfasser: Molles, Manuel C., Crawford, Clifford S., Ellis, Lisa M., Valett, H. Maurice, Dahm, Clifford N.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Analysis
Ecosystem management
Ecosystem restoration
Ecosystems
Environmental aspects
Environmental management
Environmental restoration
Flood control
Flood irrigation
Flooding
Floods
Forest ecology
Forest ecosystems
Forests
Freshwater ecosystems
Lotic systems
New Mexico
Riparian ecology
Riparian forests
Rivers
Special Section on Flooding
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Zusammenfassung:The dams and levels built along the middle of the Rio Grande in New Mexico has reorganized the region's riparian ecosystem. Managed flooding caused the the decrease in the germination and establishment of native cotton-woods and willows.
ISSN:0006-3568
1525-3244
DOI:10.2307/1313337