Effects of leaf-litter accumulation on riparian plant diversity across Europe

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1770-1775

  Nilsson, Christer ^a   Xiong, Shaojun ^a   Johansson, Mats E ^a   Vought, Lena B M ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate change; European rivers; Leaf litter accumulation; Plant responses to litter accumulation; Riparian plant diversity; Riparian vegetation vs. climate; Rivers; Species density

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; LEAF LITTER; PLANT COMMUNITY; RIPARIAN ZONE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

RIPARIA;

EID: 0032818377     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[1770:EOLLAO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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