Relative contributions of adjacent species set and environmental conditions to plant community richness and composition in a group of created wetlands

Wetlands

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 193-204

  Ashworth, Sharon M ^a   Foster, Bryan L ^a   Kindscher, Kelly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cheyenne bottoms; Colonization; Kansas; Restoration; Species richness; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BASIN; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; WATER LEVEL; WETLAND;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845766648     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2006)26[193:RCOASS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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