Distribution, species composition and management implications of seed banks in southern New England coastal plain ponds

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1350-1361

  Neill, Christopher ^a   Bezerra, Maira Ometto ^a,c   McHorney, Richard ^a   O'Dea, Claire B ^b  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Freshwater wetland; Pond shore; Seed germination

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL PLAIN; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ELEVATION; GERMINATION; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; POND; RARITY; SEED BANK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VINEYARD; WATER LEVEL;

CAPE COD; MARTHA'S VINEYARD; MASSACHUSETTS; NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349206458     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.01.020     Document Type: Article

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