Disturbance regimes and vegetation dynamics: Role of floods in riverine wetlands

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 615-622

  Bornette, Gudrun ^a   Amoros, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Aquatic plant; Diversity; Intermediate disturbance hypothesis; River channel; Shifting mosaic; Species richness; Succession

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE REGIME; FLOODING; RIVERINE WETLAND; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WETLAND;

EID: 0030301195     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236373     Document Type: Article

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