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DOI10.1111/1752-1688.12414
EVALUATION OF METHODS FOR DELINEATING RIPARIAN ZONES IN A SEMI-ARID MONTANE WATERSHED
Salo, Jessica A.1; Theobald, David M.2; Brown, Thomas C.3
通讯作者Salo, Jessica A.
来源期刊JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION
ISSN1093-474X
EISSN1752-1688
出版年2016
卷号52期号:3页码:632-647
英文摘要

Riparian zones in semi-arid, mountainous regions provide a disproportionate amount of the available wildlife habitat and ecosystem services. Despite their importance, there is little guidance on the best way to map riparian zones for broad spatial extents (e.g., large watersheds) when detailed maps from field data or high-resolution imagery and terrain data are not available. Using well-established accuracy metrics (e.g., kappa, precision, computational complexity), we evaluated eight methods commonly used to map riparian zones. Focusing on a semi-arid, mountainous watershed, we found that the most accurate and robust method for mapping riparian zones combines data on upstream drainage area and valley topography. That method performed best regardless of stream order, and was most effective when implemented with fine resolution topographic and stream line data. Other commonly used methods to model riparian zones, such as those based on fixed-width buffers, yielded inaccurate results. We recommend that until very-high resolution (< 1 m) elevation data are available at broad extents, models of riparian zones for semi-arid mountainous regions should incorporate drainage area, valley topography, and quantify uncertainty.


英文关键词riparian zone delineation riparian ecology geospatial analysis spatial modeling uniform and variable-width buffers valley bottom topography upstream drainage area
类型Article
语种英语
国家USA
收录类别SCI-E
WOS记录号WOS:000385007100006
WOS关键词UNITED-STATES ; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ; STREAMS ; AREAS ; CONSERVATION ; RESTORATION ; PERSPECTIVE ; ATTRIBUTES ; MANAGEMENT ; RESOLUTION
WOS类目Engineering, Environmental ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary ; Water Resources
WOS研究方向Engineering ; Geology ; Water Resources
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/194794
作者单位1.Univ Northern Colorado, Geog & GIS Dept, Box 115, Greeley, CO 80639 USA;
2.Conservat Sci Partners, Ft Collins, CO 80524 USA;
3.US Forest Serv, Rocky Mt Res Stn, Ft Collins, CO 80526 USA
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Salo, Jessica A.,Theobald, David M.,Brown, Thomas C.. EVALUATION OF METHODS FOR DELINEATING RIPARIAN ZONES IN A SEMI-ARID MONTANE WATERSHED[J],2016,52(3):632-647.
APA Salo, Jessica A.,Theobald, David M.,&Brown, Thomas C..(2016).EVALUATION OF METHODS FOR DELINEATING RIPARIAN ZONES IN A SEMI-ARID MONTANE WATERSHED.JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION,52(3),632-647.
MLA Salo, Jessica A.,et al."EVALUATION OF METHODS FOR DELINEATING RIPARIAN ZONES IN A SEMI-ARID MONTANE WATERSHED".JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION 52.3(2016):632-647.
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