The importance of groundwater discharge for plant species number in riparian zones

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 131-139

  Jansson, Roland ^a   Laudon, Hjalmar ^a,b   Johansson, Eva ^b   Augspurger, Clemens ^a,c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Groundwater discharge; Nitrogen; pH; Riparian zones; River regulation; Soil chemistry; Species richness; Sweden; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; DISCHARGE; DROUGHT STRESS; GROUNDWATER; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RIPARIAN ZONE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE FOREST; VASCULAR PLANT; WATER LEVEL;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER; SWEDEN;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; RIVERS; SWEDEN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 34247157177     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2007)88[131:TIOGDF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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