Riparian vegetation of two semi-arid Mediterranean Rivers: Basin-scale responses of woody and herbaceous plants to environmental gradients

Wetlands

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 831-845

  Salinas, M Jacoba ^a   Casas, J Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Exotic species; Fluvial ecosystem; Functional groups; Human and natural disturbances; Life forms; Salinity

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SALINITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOODY PLANT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 55949091127     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2007)27[831:RVOTSM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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