Temporary floating island formation maintains wetland plant species richness: The role of the seed bank

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-36

  Cherry, Julia A ^a   Gough, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep water marsh; Drawdown; Floating island; Percent cover; Seed bank

Indexed keywords

MARSH; PLANT; SEED BANK; VEGETATION; WETLAND;

EID: 33646097477     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2006.01.010     Document Type: Article

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