Flooding facility helps scientists examine the ecophysiology of floodplain species used in bottomland hardwood restorations

Ecological Restoration

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 151-157

  Lockhart, Brian R ^a   Gardiner, Emile S ^a   Leininger, Theodor D ^a   Connor, Kristina F ^b   Hamel, Paul B ^a   Schiff, Nathan M ^a   Wilson, A Dan ^a   Devall, Margaret S ^a  

^a CENTER FOR BOTTOMLAND HARDWOODS RESEARCH   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottomland hardwood forests; Ecophysiology; Flooding Research Facility; Lindera melissifolia; Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley

Indexed keywords

LINDERA; LINDERA MELISSIFOLIA;

EID: 33748037708     PISSN: 15434060     EISSN: 15434079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/er.24.3.151     Document Type: Article

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