Response of floodplain grassland plant communities to altered water regimes

Plant Ecology

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 285-298

  Toogood, Sarah E ^a   Joyce, Chris B ^b   Waite, Stephen ^b  

^a Halcrow Group Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flood meadow; Floodplain management; Hydrology; Inundation grassland; Plant competition; Reciprocal transplant

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOOD; FLOODPLAIN; GRASSLAND; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 45849144047     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-007-9378-6     Document Type: Article

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