Moist-soil plants as ecohydrologic indicators for recovering the flood pulse in the Illinois River

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 207-213

  Ahn, Changwoo ^a   White, David C ^b   Sparks, Richard E ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecohydrology; Ecological modeling; Flood pulse; Floodplain restoration; Illinois River; Indicator; Moist soil plant; Naturalization

Indexed keywords

ECOHYDROLOGY; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

ILLINOIS RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 3042593281     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1061-2971.2004.00361.x     Document Type: Article

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