Effects of river connectivity on marsh vegetation community structure and species richness in montane floodplain wetlands in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

Ecoscience

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 377-388

  Bayley, Suzanne E ^a   Guimond, Julie K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beaver; Disturbance; Floodplain; Montane wetlands; Railway; Species richness

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; MARSH; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TWINSPAN; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WETLAND;

ALBERTA; ATHABASCA RIVER; CANADA; JASPER NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CAREX AQUATILIS; CAREX SAXATILIS; CAREX UTRICULATA; DREPANOCLADUS ADUNCUS; ELEOCHARIS; ELEOCHARIS PALUSTRIS; EQUISETUM; EQUISETUM FLUVIATILE; UTRICULARIA MINOR;

EID: 54249119161     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/15-3-3084     Document Type: Article

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