Continuous growth of the giant grass Zizaniopsis bonariensis in subtropical wetlands

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 321-330

  Ferreira, Tiago Finkler ^a   Van Nes, Egbert H ^b   Marques, David Motta ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brazil; Continuous growth; Emergent macrophytes; Net aboveground primary production; Subtropical wetlands

Indexed keywords

ZIZANIOPSIS BONARIENSIS;

EID: 58249103986     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02110.x     Document Type: Article

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