Processes governing hydrochory along rivers: Hydraulics, hydrology, and dispersal phenology

Ecological Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1071-1087

  Merritt, David M ^a   Wohl, Ellen E ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Dams; Dispersal; Flow regime; Hydraulics; Hydrochory; Hydrograph characteristics; Invasion; Managed flow regime; Phenology; Riparian vegetation

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DISPERSAL; FLUME EXPERIMENT; HYDROCHORY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; PHENOLOGY; SEED DISPERSAL;

BETULA FONTINALIS; BETULA OCCIDENTALIS; FONTINALIS; RIPARIA;

EID: 0036707073     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[1071:PGHARH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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