Progressive effects of shading on experimental wetland communities over three years

Plant Ecology

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 315-327

  Edelkraut, Kirsten A ^a   Güsewell, Sabine ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Community structure; Diversity; Morphological plasticity; Seasonal light availability; Shade; Succession; Wetland vegetation

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRASS; HARVESTING; SEDGE; SHADE TOLERANCE; SHADING; SHOOT GROWTH; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WETLAND;

CAREX; CYPERACEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 33745030772     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-005-9042-y     Document Type: Article

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