Evidence for consistent functional groups of wetland vegetation across a broad geographical range of Europe

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-63

  Hills, J M ^a,b   Murphy, K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competitive; Functional group; Plant morphology; Strategy; Traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000959379     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01876135     Document Type: Article

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