Multiple stable states and models of riparian vegetation succession on the Animas River, Colorado

Auteurs :
BAKER, W.L.
WALFORD, G.M.

Description :
This paper specifically examines the process of vegetation recovery following disturbance by exceptional natural floods along a river reach that is (and has been) comparatively undisturbed by human activities. It assesses a new successional model, a state-and-transition model, which recognizes the possibility of multiple stable states in vegetation, via an investigation of the influence of fluvial processes and landforms on variation in a mosaic of riparian vegetation patches of different ages on a river reach in montane southwestern Colorado.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Annals of the Association of American Geographers, issn : 0004-5608, 1995, vol. 85, n°. 2, p. 320-338, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 62 ref.

Date :
1995

Editeur :
Pays édition : Etats-Unis, Washington, DC, Association of American Geographers