Riparian plant species richness along lateral and longitudinal gradients of water stress and flood disturbance, San Pedro River, Arizona, USA

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• longitudinal gradient 100%
• water stress 81%
• plant species 63%
• species richness 61%
• disturbance 49%
• river 35%
• water availability 28%
• pioneer species 15%
• dry season 15%
• water depth 14%
• canopy 13%
• groundwater 13%
• summer 12%
• monsoon 9%
• rain 8%
• rainfall 6%
• woody plant 6%
• stream channel 6%
• environmental stress 6%
• sampling 6%
• semiarid region 5%
• wet season 5%
• limiting factor 5%
• functional group 5%
• streamflow 4%
• temporal variation 4%
• moisture 4%
• resource 3%
• water 1%
• effect 1%

Agriculture & Biology

• species richness 61%
• water stress 59%
• rivers 56%
• groundwater 28%
• floodplains 22%
• rain 20%
• dry season 18%
• summer 17%
• pioneer species 16%
• canopy 15%
• water 13%
• overland flow 10%
• stream flow 9%
• stream channels 8%
• herbaceous plants 7%
• temporal variation 6%
• woody plants 6%
• arid zones 6%
• wet season 5%
• sampling 4%