Effect of minor water depth treatments on competitive effect and response of eight wetland plants

Plant Ecology

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-43

  Fraser, Lauchlan H ^a,b   Miletti, Tara E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competitive effect and response; Freshwater wetlands; Non resource stress; Phalaris arundinacea; Phytometer; Water depth

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; RANKING; WATER DEPTH; WATER TREATMENT; WETLAND;

CAREX LURIDA; CAREX TRIBULOIDES; ELYMUS; ELYMUS VIRGINICUS; JUNCUS TENUIS; LYTHRACEAE; LYTHRUM SALICARIA; PHALARIS; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA; RUMEX; RUMEX ORBICULATUS; VERBESINA; VERBESINA ALTERNIFOLIA;

EID: 38749092981     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-007-9296-7     Document Type: Article

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