Recruitment limitation along disturbance gradients in river floodplains

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 103-110

  Van Eck, W H J M ^a   Van De Steeg, H M ^a   Blom, C W P M ^a   De Kroon, H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flooding; Soil transplants; Sowing experiment

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; FLOOD; FLOOD DEPOSIT; FLOODPLAIN; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; RECRUITMENT; TOLERANCE;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; RHINE RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 17044439532     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2005.tb02343.x     Document Type: Article

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