Seed bank-vegetation relationships in herbaceous Carolina bays: Responses to climatic variability

Wetlands

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 738-747

  Mulhouse, John M ^a   Burbage, Laura E ^b   Sharitz, Rebecca R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carolina bays; Depression wetlands; Drought; Plant colonization; Succession

Indexed keywords

BAY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODING; MEADOW; SEED BANK; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WETLAND;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PANICUM HEMITOMON; POACEAE;

EID: 29244437445     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2005)025[0738:SBRIHC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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