Woody riparian species response to different soil moisture conditions: Laboratory experiments on Alnus incana (L.) Moench

Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 247-256

  Hughes, Francine M R ^a   Harris, Tim ^a   Richards, Keith ^a   Pautou, Guy ^b   El Hames, Ahmed ^a   Barsoum, Nadia ^a   Girel, Jacqui ^b   Peiry, Jean Luc ^b   Foussadier, Remi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Alnus incana; Flood plain hydrology; Growth rates; Rhizopod experiments; Rhone River basin; Seedling establishment

Indexed keywords

ALNUS INCANA; BETULACEAE; RHIZOPODA; RIPARIA;

SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; WOODY SPECIES;

FRANCE;

EID: 0031396143     PISSN: 09607447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2997738     Document Type: Article

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