Plant community responses to wetting and drying in a large arid floodplain

River Research and Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 509-520

  Capon, Samantha J ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arid floodplains; Flood pulses; Plant ecology

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; PLANT COMMUNITY; WETTING-DRYING CYCLE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0242380832     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.730     Document Type: Article

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