Differences in riparian flora between riverbanks and river lakeshores explained by dispersal traits

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2878-2887

  Nilsson, Christer ^a,b   Andersson, Elisabet ^a   Merritt, David M ^a   Johansson, Mats E ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Boreal rivers; Hydrochory; Lakeshore; Long floating seed; Plant dispersal; Riparian flora; Riverbank; Short floating seed; Species composition; Sweden

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; LENTIC ENVIRONMENT; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER BANK; SEED DISPERSAL;

(NORTH); SWEDEN;

RIPARIA;

EID: 0038477015     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[2878:DIRFBR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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