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Title:
Geomorphology influences extent and composition of riparian plant communities at the watershed scale in central Nevada Data publication contains GIS data
Author(s):
Engelhardt, Blake M.; Weisberg, Peter J.; Chambers, Jeanne C.
Publication Year:
2010
How to Cite:
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Engelhardt, Blake M.; Weisberg, Peter J.; Chambers, Jeanne C. 2010. Geomorphology influences extent and composition of riparian plant communities at the watershed scale in central Nevada. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2010-0019
Abstract:
We conducted an observational study of the relationships between watershed-scale geomorphology and riparian vegetation using solely digital datasets. Watershed morphometry and geology were derived from Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) and geologic maps. Riparian corridors were classified into five vegetation types (riparian forest, riparian shrub, wet/mesic meadow, dry meadow, and shrub dry meadow) using high-resolution aerial photography. The study was conducted in eighteen small, perennial watersheds in several mountain ranges of central Nevada, USA.

Keywords:
biota; environment; geoscientificInformation; inlandWaters; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Geography; Hydrology, watersheds, sedimentation; Landscape ecology; Inventory, Monitoring, & Analysis; Monitoring; riparian; plant community; multiresolution segmentation; geomorphology; Great Basin; Nevada
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