The responses of floodplain primary production to flood frequency and timing

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 126-136

  Robertson, A I ^a   Bacon, P ^b,c   Heagney, G ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Forest Research   (Australia)

^c Woodlots and Wetlands Pvt Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Flood regime; Floodplain; Wetland primary production; Wood production

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BIOFILM GROWTH; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGY; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; MACROPHYTE; PLANT GROWTH; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER WATER; RIVER; SEASONALITY; WATER FLOW; WETLAND; WOOD;

BIOFILM; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODPLAIN; MACROPHYTE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS;

EID: 0034927193     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2001.00568.x     Document Type: Article

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