Impact of flooding on potential and realised grassland species richness

Plant Ecology

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-98

  Gerard, M ^a   El Kahloun, M ^a   Mertens, W ^b   Verhagen, B ^a   Meire, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Flood meadow; Floodplain restoration; Seed bank; Species establishment

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; GRASSLAND; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SEED BANK; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 36448945427     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-007-9276-y     Document Type: Article

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