Ephemeral wetlands and their turfs in New Zealand

Science for Conservation

Volumn , Issue 230, 2003, Pages 5-60

  Johnson, Peter ^a   Rogers, Geoff ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aquatic; Conservation; Ephemeral; Sward; Turf; Wetland

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; CONSERVATION; SWARD; WETLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0346394380     PISSN: 11732946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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