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Assessing the water needs of riparian and wetland vegetation in the western United States

Author(s) -

David J. Cooper,

David M. Merritt

Publication year - 2012

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Reports

DOI - 10.2737/rmrs-gtr-282

Subject(s) - riparian zone , wetland , vegetation (pathology) , environmental science , ecology , groundwater , hydrology (agriculture) , geography , riparian forest , population , plant community , habitat , geology , ecological succession , biology , medicine , demography , geotechnical engineering , pathology , sociology

Wetlands and riparian areas are unique landscape elements that perform a disproportionate role in landscape functioning relative to their aerial extent on the landscape. The purpose of this guide is to provide a general foundation for the reader in several interrelated disciplines for the purpose of enabling him/her to characterize and quantify the water needs of riparian and wetland vegetation. Topics discussed are wetland and riparian classification, characteristics and ecology, surface and groundwater hydrology, plant physiology and population and community ecology, and techniques for linking attributes of vegetation to patterns of surface and groundwater and soil moisture.

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