Simulated herbivory and vegetation dynamics in coal slurry ponds reclaimed as wetlands

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 392-398

  Mathis, Marilyn J ^a   Middleton, Beth A ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUTTING; HERBIVORY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033507922     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.1999.72034.x     Document Type: Article

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