Assessing the water needs of riparian and wetland vegetation in the western United States
By: David J. Cooper, David M. Merritt
Contributors: Merritt, David M.; Rocky Mountain Research Station (Fort Collins, Colo.)
Series: General technical report RMRS -- GTR-282; General technical report RMRS -- GTR-282.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Fort Collins, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 125
Subjects: Riparian areas; Management; Wetland plants; Water requirements; Riparian plants; Wetland hydrology
Description: 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.
Notes: Cover title.

"September 2012."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 118-125).

Also available on the World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Hydrologic regime and factors that govern hydrologic processes; title: Plant water requirements and vegetation sampling; title: Measurement of surface water and groundwater levels; title: Linking riparian and wetland vegetation to hydrologic factors; title: Case studies.