The natural regeneration of salt marsh on formerly reclaimed land

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 335-344

  Garbutt, Angus ^a   Wolters, Mineke ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronosequence; Managed realignment; Restoration success; Spartina anglica

Indexed keywords

SPARTINA ANGLICA;

EID: 56649124898     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3170/2008-7-18451     Document Type: Article

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