Do seed banks confer resilience to coastal wetlands invaded by Typha xglauca?

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1882-1893

  Frieswyk, Christin B ^a   Zedler, Joy B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Great Lakes; Lythrum salicaria; Resilience; Seed bank; Typha xglauca; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

LAKES; PLANTS (BOTANY); WETLANDS;

COASTAL WETLANDS; FLORISTIC QUALITY; INVASIVE PLANTS; LYTHRUM SALICARIA; SEED BANK; SEED DENSITY; TYPHA XGLAUCA;

SEED;

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COASTAL WETLAND; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; INVASIVE SPECIES; SEED BANK; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

LAKES; PLANTS; SEEDS; WETLANDS;

GREAT LAKES; GREEN BAY; LAKE MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

LYTHRACEAE; LYTHRUM SALICARIA; TYPHA;

EID: 34347235792     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B06-100     Document Type: Article

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