The seed banks of a southern Appalachian fen and an adjacent degraded wetland

Wetlands

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 365-371

  Rossell, Irene M ^a   Wells, Carolyn L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fen; Floodplain; Seed bank; Southern Appalachians; Wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

FEN; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED BANK; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; WETLAND;

APPALACHIANS; UNITED STATES;

JUNCUS;

EID: 0032728776     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03161768     Document Type: Article

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