How sedge meadow soils, microtopography, and vegetation respond to sedimentation

Wetlands

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 451-466

  Werner, Katherine J ^a   Zedler, Joy B ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Carex stricta; Floristic quality index; Invasive species; Phalaris arundinacea; Runoff; Sedimentation; Stormwater; Tussocks; Typha spp.

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDGE; SEDIMENTATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION;

MIDWEST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CAREX; CAREX STRICTA; PHALARIS; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA; TYPHA;

EID: 0041744754     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2002)022[0451:HSMSMA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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