Seasonal variation in seed bank composition and its interaction with nutrient enrichment in the Everglades wetlands

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 157-164

  Miao, ShiLi ^a   Zou, Chris B ^b  

^a SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattails; Cladium jamaicense; Nymphaea odorata; Sawgrass; Seedling germination assay; Species richness; Typha spp.; Water lily

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GERMINATION; HERB; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEED BANK; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WETLAND;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CLADIUM JAMAICENSE; LILIUM; NYMPHAEA; NYMPHAEA ODORATA; TYPHA;

EID: 56449087709     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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