Volunteer vascular plant establishment on roofs at the University of Saskatchewan

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-28

  Archibold, O W ^a   Wagner, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Roof construction; Rooftop plants; Seed dispersal; Volunteer species

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; ROOFS; SEED; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ROOF CONSTRUCTION; ROOFTOP PLANTS; SEED DISPERSAL; VOLUNTEER SPECIES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; POPULATION DENSITY; REVEGETATION; ROOF; VASCULAR PLANT;

FORESTRY; PLANTS; ROOFING; SEEDS; WATER SUPPLY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33751399457     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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