Control of plant species richness and zonation of functional groups along a freshwater flooding gradient

Oikos

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 523-534

  Lenssen, John P M ^a,b   Menting, Frank B J ^a   Van Der Putten, Wim H ^a   Blom, Kees ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FLOOD; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; ZONATION;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 0032831150     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546656     Document Type: Article

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