Effects of managed impoundments and herbivory on wetland plant production and stand structure

Wetlands

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-50

  Johnson Randall, Lori A ^a   Foote, A Lee ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Annual production; Myocastor coypus; Nutria; Plant stand structure; Schoenoplectus americanus; Spartina patens; Wetland management

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; STAND STRUCTURE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

MYOCASTOR COYPUS; SCHOENOPLECTUS; SCHOENOPLECTUS AMERICANUS; SPARTINA; SPARTINA PATENS;

EID: 27844505256     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2005)025[0038:EOMIAH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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