Relationship between plant distribution patterns and the process of river island formation

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 487-501

  Cooperman, Michael S ^a   Brewer, Carol A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; RIVER; SUCCESSION;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; SWAN RIVER [MONTANA]; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 25144438936     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2005.9664764     Document Type: Article

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