Restoring tree islands in the everglades: Experimental studies of tree seedling survival and growth

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 281-289

  van der Valk, Arnold G ^a   Wetzel, Paul ^b   Cline, Eric ^a,c   Sklar, Fred H ^d  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Everglades; Flooding tolerance; Peatland; Restoration; Revegetation; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; GROWTH; HABITAT RESTORATION; MORTALITY; PEATLAND; REVEGETATION; SEEDLING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; TREE; WATER LEVEL; WETLAND;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; ANNONA; ANNONA GLABRA; CHRYSOBALANUS ICACO; ILEX; ILEX CASSINE; MAGNOLIA VIRGINIANA; MAGNOLIACEAE; MORELLA CERIFERA; MYRICACEAE; SALIX; SALIX CAROLINIANA;

EID: 44349095774     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2007.00311.x     Document Type: Article

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