Seed deposition in drift lines during an extreme flooding event - Evidence for hydrochorous dispersal?

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 422-432

  Vogt, Kati ^a   Rasran, Leonid ^a   Jensen, Kai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flood; Floodplain vegetation; Hydrochory; Middle Elbe river; Plant species traits; River banks; Seed buoyancy; Species composition

Indexed keywords

DESCHAMPSIA CESPITOSA; LYCOPUS; LYCOPUS EUROPAEUS; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS REPENS; URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 33747009869     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2006.05.007     Document Type: Article

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