Transplanting sedges (Carex spp.) in southwestern riparian meadows

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 247-256

  Steed, James E ^a,b   De Wald, Laura E ^b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carex; Meadow restoration; Revegetation; Riparian; Sedges; Transplants

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; MEADOW; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN ZONE; SEDGE; SURVIVAL; TRANSPLANTATION;

UNITED STATES;

CAREX; CAREX LANUGINOSA; CAREX NEBRASCENSIS; CAREX PELLITA; CAREX ROSTRATA; CYPERACEAE; RIPARIA;

EID: 0038346297     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.2003.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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