Effects of irregular flooding on the establishment of tree species

Acta Botanica Neerlandica

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 231-240

  Siebel, H N ^a   Blom, C W P M ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alnus glutinosa; Floodplain forest; Fraxinus excelsior; Populus nigra; Quercus robur; Rhine; Ulmus minor

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; PLANT RESPONSE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; TREE;

EUROPE, RHINE RIVER;

ALNUS GLUTINOSA; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; POPULUS NIGRA; QUERCUS ROBUR; ULMUS MINOR;

EID: 0031828066     PISSN: 00445983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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