Flooding alters apparent position of floodplain saplings on a light gradient

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 847-855

  Hall, R B W ^a   Harcombe, P A ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Thicket National Preserve; Bottomland; Direct gradient analysis; Flood tolerance; Floodplain; Light; Neches River; Ordination; Regeneration; Saplings; Shade tolerance; Texas

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; REGENERATION; SAPLING;

EID: 0031853055     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[0847:FAAPOF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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