The impact of site conditions and seed dispersal on restoration success in alluvial meadows

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-22

  Donath, Tobias W ^a   Hölzel, Norbert ^a   Otte, Annette ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flood plain; Indicator species analysis; Ordination; Recruitment limitation; Rhine

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141975406     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2003.tb00560.x     Document Type: Article

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