Establishment, persistence, and management implications of experimental wetland plant communities

Wetlands

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 208-218

  Weiher, Evan ^a   Wisheu, Irene C ^a   Keddy, Paul A ^a   Moore, Dwayne R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cattails; Establishment; Fertility; Lythrum; Microcosms; Water level fluctuation; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001674248     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03160694     Document Type: Article

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