Plant colonization after managed realignment: The relative importance of diaspore dispersal

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 770-777

  Wolters, Mineke ^a,b   Garbutt, Angus ^b   Bakker, Jan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

De embankment; Hydrochory; Salt marsh restoration; Seed trapping

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DIASPORE; DISPERSAL; HYDROCHORY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALTMARSH;

ASTER TRIPOLIUM; AVES; LIMONIUM VULGARE; PUCCINELLIA MARITIMA; SALICORNIA; SPERGULARIA MARITIMA; SUAEDA MARITIMA;

EID: 28244463469     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01051.x     Document Type: Article

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