The effect of flooding on the recruitment of reed marsh and tall forb plant species

Plant Ecology

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-23

  Lenssen, J P M ^a   Ten Dolle, G E ^b   Blom, C W P M ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aerenchyma; Establishment; Germination; Stem elongation; Zonation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FLOOD; MARSH; RECRUITMENT;

CIRSIUM ARVENSE; EPILOBIUM HIRSUTUM; EUPATORIUM CANNABINUM; LYCOPUS EUROPAEUS; MENTHA AQUATICA; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 0031723679     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009754505028     Document Type: Article

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