Restoration of salt-marsh vegetation in relation to site suitability, species pool and dispersal traits

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 904-912

  Wolters, Mineke ^a,b   Garbutt, Angus ^b   Bekker, Renée M ^a   Bakker, Jan P ^a   Carey, Peter D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

De embankment; Dispersal; Hydrochory; Managed re alignment; Restoration; Species pool; Succession

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT RESTORATION; HYDROCHORY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALTMARSH; SPECIES POOL; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION COVER;

ASTER TRIPOLIUM; ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX PORTULACOIDES; LIMONIUM VULGARE; PUCCINELLIA; PUCCINELLIA MARITIMA; SALICORNIA; SPARTINA ANGLICA; SPERGULARIA MARITIMA; SUAEDA MARITIMA;

EID: 42949096845     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01453.x     Document Type: Article

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