Testing a passive revegetation approach for restoring coastal plain depression wetlands

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 452-460

  De Steven, Diane ^a   Sharitz, Rebecca R ^b   Singer, Julian H ^b   Barton, Christopher D ^c  

^a CENTER FOR BOTTOMLAND HARDWOODS RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carolina bays; Depression wetlands; Drought effects; Isolated Wetlands; Revegetation; Seed banks; Wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PLAIN; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; WETLAND;

EID: 33747342716     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2006.00153.x     Document Type: Article

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