Seed bank, seed dispersal and vegetation cover: Colonization along a newly-created river channel

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 665-674

  Gurnell, A M ^a   Boitsidis, A J ^a,d   Thompson, K ^b   Clifford, N J ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d Jacobs Babtie   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial turf mat; Restoration; Riparian vegetation; River bank colonization

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLONIZATION; FLORISTICS; RIVER CHANNEL; SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION MAPPING;

COLE RIVER; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST MIDLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845274873     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2006)17[665:SBSDAV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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