9617

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9617
• Author: Scott, M. L., M. A. Wondzell and G. T. Auble
• Title: Hydrograph Characteristics Relevant to the Establishment and Growth of Western Riparian Vegetation
• USFW Year: 1993
• USFW - Doc Type: Hydrology Days Publications
• Copyright Material: NO

forests are unlikely to regenerate as cottonwood,
however, because dramatically reduced flows will not
produce the same rate of geomorphic change, and thus
will not provide the fresh, mo~st alluv~al surfaces
required for cottonwood establishment.

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