Flooding and salinity effects on growth and survival of four common forested wetland species

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 99-109

  Conner, W H ^a   McLeod, K W ^b   McCarron, J K ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal forests; Flooding; Salt tolerance; Sea level rise; Seedlings; Swamps

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006974286     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008251127131     Document Type: Article

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