Seed deposition in drift lines: Opportunity or hazard for species establishment?

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 385-392

  Vogt, Kati ^a   Rasran, Leonid ^a   Jensen, Kai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Population and Vegetation Ecology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Disturbance; Fen; Flooding; Germination; Hydrochory; Litter layer

Indexed keywords

FEN; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; GERMINATION; GRASSLAND; HYDROCHORY; LITTER; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER SYSTEM; SEED; SEEDLING; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EIDER RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN;

EID: 33947174226     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2007.01.009     Document Type: Article

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