Ecohydrological characterization of a groundwater-fed alluvial floodplain mire

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 215-228

  De Becker, P ^a   Hermy, M ^b   Butaye, J ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dijle; Diversity; Gradient; Groundwater chemistry; Groundwater dynamics; Management; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; ECOHYDROLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FLOODPLAIN; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MIRE; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033395206     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1478985     Document Type: Article

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