Effects of flooding on seedling emergence from the soil seed bank of large desert floodplain

Wetlands

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 904-914

  Capon, Samantha J ^a,b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arid zone; Cooper Creek; Flow regime; Germination; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARID ENVIRONMENT; DROUGHT; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; GERMINATION; GRASS; SEED BANK; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; COOPER CREEK;

LILIOPSIDA; POACEAE;

EID: 53149103012     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2007)27[904:EOFOSE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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