Spatial variability of the soil seed bank in a heterogeneous ephemeral wetland system in semi-arid Australia

Plant Ecology

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 205-217

  James, Cassandra S ^a,b   Capon, Samantha J ^c   White, Melissa G ^b,d   Rayburg, Scott C ^d   Thoms, Martin C ^d  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURRAY DARLING FRESHWATER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flooding; Germination; Hydrology; Riparian vegetation; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

ECOHYDROLOGY; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL PROCESS; GERMINATION; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SEED BANK; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIAL VARIATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WETLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NARRAN LAKES; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 34247615028     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9201-9     Document Type: Article

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