Restoration of a small-scale forest wetland in a Belgian nature reserve: A discussion of factors determining wetland vegetation establishment

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 381-394

  Weyembergh, Gisèle ^a   Godefroid, Sandrine ^b   Koedam, Nico ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aquatic plants; Mudflat colonization; Pond; Rewetting; Seed bank; Succession; Topsoil removal; Water colonization

Indexed keywords

FOREST; HABITAT CREATION; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; NATURE RESERVE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SUCCESSION; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3242736695     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.623     Document Type: Review

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