segregated along gradients of elevation and soil composition. They study establishment at a specific time and place in order to capture the relation between a particular flood stage and a vegetation pattern. They reason that if site-specific features cannot
Biogeography ; Ecology ; Floodplain ; Forest ; Iowa ; Meander ; United States ; Vegetation ; Vegetation dynamics
To examine specific changes in vegetation initiated by the lateral migration of a river channel, the AA. quantify the structures and composition of woody trees and shrubs along a cutbank forest edge in an Iowa floodplain.