The restoration of sedge meadows: Seed viability, seed germination requirements, and seedling growth of Carex species

Wetlands

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 756-764

  Van Der Valk, Arnold G ^a   Bremholm, Tony L ^a   Gordon, Elizabeth ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Carex aquatilis; Carex atherodes; Carex lacustris; Carex stipata; Carex stricta; Seed germination; Seed viability; Seedling growth; Soil amendments; Wetland creation; Wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GERMINATION; GRASS; PLANT GROWTH; SEED DEVELOPMENT; SEED STORAGE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; WETLAND;

GERMINATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEDGE; SEED; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL AMENDMENT; VIABILITY; WETLAND;

CAREX AQUATILIS; CAREX LACUSTRIS; CAREX STIPATA; CAREX STRICTA;

EID: 0033499481     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03161782     Document Type: Conference Paper

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