Ecology of aquatic Ranunculus communities under the Mediterranean climate

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-66

  Lumbreras, Ana ^a   Olives, Ana ^a   Quintana, José Ramón ^a   Pardo, Cristina ^a   Molina, José Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aquatic macrophytes; Batrachium; Iberian Peninsula; Temporary wetlands; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BATRACHIUM; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS; RANUNCULUS PELTATUS; RANUNCULUS PENICILLATUS; RANUNCULUS TRICHOPHYLLUS;

EID: 54249094131     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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