The river-bed: A dynamic store for plant propagules?

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1257-1272

  Gurnell, Angela ^a   Goodson, Joanne ^a,e   Thompson, Ken ^b   Clifford, Nick ^c   Armitage, Patrick ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e Entec UK Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrochory; Plant propagules; River bed; Sediment store; Seeds

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GREENHOUSES; SEED; VEGETATION;

PLANT PROPAGULES; RIVER-BED SEDIMENTS; ROOT REINFORCEMENT;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ECOSYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GREENHOUSES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; VEGETATION;

ABUNDANCE; AGGRADATION; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GERMINATION; HYDROCHORY; PROPAGULE; RIVER BED; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

DORSET [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; FROME RIVER; SHROPSHIRE; TERN RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34547198796     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1554     Document Type: Article

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