Succession and herbivory in monsoonal wetlands

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 189-202

  Middleton, B ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance dynamics; Flood pulse; Freshwater wetland; Seasonal wetland; Succession; Tropical wet dry wetland; Water level fluctuation

Indexed keywords

HERBIVORY; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WETLAND;

AUSTRALIA; INDIA;

GLEASONIA; MIMOSA; MIMOSA PIGRA; ORYZA MERIDIONALIS; PASPALUM; PASPALUM DISTICHUM;

EID: 0032302117     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008495121557     Document Type: Article

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