Wind dispersal in freshwater wetlands: Knowledge for conservation and restoration

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 271-278

  Soons, Merel B ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anemochory; Climate change; Eutrophication; Fen; Habitat fragmentation; Marsh; Seed dispersal; Wet grassland

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846798341     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1402-2001(2006)9[271:WDIFWK]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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