The influence of water level and salinity on plant assemblages of a seasonally flooded Mediterranean wetland

Plant Ecology

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-85

  Watt, S C L ^a,b   Garcia Berthou E ^a   Vilar, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Macrophytes; Mediterranean wetlands; Multivariate analysis; Plant assemblages; Salinity; Water regime

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DATA SET; MACROPHYTE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PADDY FIELD; PLANT COMMUNITY; SALINITY; SEASONALITY; WATER LEVEL; WEED; WETLAND;

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA; JUNCUS SUBULATUS; PASPALUM; PASPALUM DISTICHUM; SCIRPUS; SONCHUS; SONCHUS TENERRIMUS; TYPHA; ZANNICHELLIA PALUSTRIS;

EID: 34250685010     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9167-7     Document Type: Article

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