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Showing 1 to 20 of 45 for “"riparian forest"”.
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Financial agents, water quality and riparian forest buffers
… source pollution, which can be decreased by riparian forest buffers. In an effort to investigate the attitudes of financial professionals (bankers, land appraisers, realtors, etc.) regarding water quality and riparian buffers, a mail-out survey was conducted in 2001 in the Mark Twain Lake …
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Estimating Evapotranspiration of a Riparian Forest Using Sap Flow Measurements
… fields in floodplains with substantial riparian corridors, it is necessary to understand groundwater usage by dominant phreatophytic vegetation, particularly when the primary source of water for irrigation comes from groundwater abstraction. We report here results of estimated …
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Riparian Forest Recovery Following a Catastrophic Flood on the Blanco River, Texas
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Riparian Forest Width and the Avian Community in a Greenbelt Corridor Setting
The forest avian community of the Ray Roberts Greenbelt (Denton Co., Texas) was characterized for two years using point count station sampling, from fall 1998 to summer 2000. Richness data for both breeding seasons were correlated with two-spatial metrics: width of the riparian forest and distance …
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Influence of riparian forest and agricultural land use on community structure and ecosystem function in headwater streams
Riparian forest buffers are often promoted to improve stream water quality and instream habitat in agricultural areas because the vegetation can filter runoff, reduce bank erosion, and restore channel morphology. However, previous studies have found that protecting narrow strips of riparian areas, …
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Assessing Landowner Level Costs for Riparian Forest Buffer System Adoption on Farms in Virginia's Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Riparian Forest Buffer Systems contribute to non-point source pollution control and improve the physical and trophic qualities of streams. There is a limited understanding of the full range of costs incurred when implementing a RFBS. Establishment costs will vary with the site characteristics. The …
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Denitrification potentials in soils underlying a riparian forest and an agricultural field in the coastal plain of Virginia
While research has shown that riparian forests are effective in reducing shallow groundwater nitrogen levels, the relative importance of the mechanisms responsible for this reduction have not been adequately addressed. This project focused on the microbial mediated process denitrification, which …
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Using behavior change and social-ecological frameworks to inform riparian forest buffer outreach in the Maryland Upper Potomac watershed
… water quality through the implementation of riparian forest buffers. However, those efforts rely on aggregated actions of the individuals within the watershed, and adoption rates for the past decade have been below annual targets. An understanding of outreach strategies that promote riparian …
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Carbon Pools and Fluxes as an Indicator of Riparian Restoration
Riparian forests are integral components of the landscape. The inherent biogeochemical processes that occur in such forests provide numerous benefits to wildlife and society. Maintaining good water quality is a major benefit from riparian forests and therefore, the maintenance, creation, or …
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The Influence of Reduced Forest Cover and Dissolved Oxygen on the Viability of Eggs from Eastern Hellbenders (<i>Cryptobranchus alleganiensis</i>)
Riparian deforestation is a significant threat to freshwater riverine ecosystems and sensitive fauna that depend on clean water. Sensitive aquatic species are vulnerable to the destruction of riparian forest cover which diminishes protection from pollutants, sedimentation, and solar radiation, …
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Ecology of the Belizean black howler monkey (Alouatta pigra): a comparison between two populations living in a riparian forest and on coastal limestone hills
… in two different habitats. Monkey River is a riparian secondary forest whereas Runaway Creek Nature Reserve (RCNR) is a primary and mature forest situated in a limestone karst hills landscape. This type of ecosystem, neither the population inhabiting this reserve, has been studied before. We …
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Effectiveness of naturally-occurring riparian forest buffers and grass filter strips at buffering concentrated flow from row crop fields to streams in northeast Missouri
… of concentrated flow paths (CFPs) by natural forest buffers and grass filter strips was conducted at 11 farms in three northeast Missouri watersheds. Results from the survey examining 74 CFPs occurring in row crop fields found that natural forest buffers dispersed flow from 80% of CFPs before …
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Wild Turkey Ecology in Two Intensively Farmed Landscapes in Central Illinois
… averaged 404.0 ha (SE = 36.7, n = 93). Upland forest was preferred during all seasons and at two levels of selection, followed by riparian forest and rural grassland. Row crops, winter wheat, urban grassland, and other/unknown were the least preferred land uses for turkey hens during all …
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The Effects of Mechanical Site Preparation Treatment and Species Selection on Survival and Carbon Pools in 12-Year-Old American Sycamore (<i>Platanus occidentalis</i>) and Willow Oak (<i>Quercus phellos</i>) Riparian Plantations in the Southeastern U.S. Piedmont
Riparian wetlands may provide numerous ecosystem services, including water quality protection, food and fiber supply, wildlife habitat, and carbon sequestration. In recent years, riparian forests have received increased attention and funding for riparian forest restoration projects. Unfortunately, …
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The Vascular Flora of Boyle County, KY
… communities were described: acidic mesophytic forest, acidic sub-xeric forest, acidic xeric forest, Bluegrass woodland, bottomland ridge/terrace forest, calcareous mesophytic forest, calcareous sub-xeric forest, depression pond/mudflat, dry limestone cliff/outcrops, riparian forest, wet …
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Quantifying bottomland hardwood forest and agricultural grassland evapotranspiration in floodplain reaches of a mid Missouri stream
Bottomland hardwood forests (BHF) play an important role in floodplain dynamics, particularly along urban streams where flood mitigation is critical to protecting human life and property. Enhanced evapotranspiration (ET) of riparian floodplain forests could help reduce flooding through drying of …
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Impact of human land-use and rainfall variability in tropical dry forests of southwest Madagascar during the late Holocene
… semi-arid and comprises fragmented tropical dry forests where human subsistence strategies are diverse. Therefore, it provides a perfect setting to generate new palaeoecological records and investigate vegetation response to changes in human land-use and rainfall variability. The aim of this …
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Woodpecker Nesting Habitat in a Prairie River Woodland
… were studied on the Big Sioux River riparian forest of eastern South Dakota during 1980 and 1981. Nest site preferences were compared using two-group stepwise discriminant analysis. Randomly selected potential nest trees showing no previous signs of cavity excavation were included as …
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Effects of riparian buffer width on stream salamander populations in the southern Appalachian Mountains
… populations and to assess the efficacy of riparian buffers in ameliorating these effects. My data show that larval two-lined salamanders are negatively impacted by increased stream sedimentation following riparian logging and that increasing the riparian buffer around the stream reduces …
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