The role of seedbanks in restoration of floodplain woodlands

River Research and Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 632-649

  Jensen, Anne E ^a   Walker, Keith F ^a   Paton, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalypt; Floodplain; Hydrochory; Murray Darling Basin; Recruitment; Riparian; Seed bank; Serotiny; Soil moisture; Trees; Water regime

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FLOODPLAIN; FLOW REGULATION; GERMINATION; HYDROCHORY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RIPARIAN ZONE; SALINIZATION; SEED BANK; WATER STRESS; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MURRAY RIVER;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; EUCALYPTUS LARGIFLORENS; MYRTACEAE;

EID: 47249090514     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1161     Document Type: Conference Paper

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