Rapid seed bank development in restored tidal freshwater wetlands

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 539-548

  Neff, Kelly P ^a,b   Rusello, Kristin ^a,c   Baldwin, Andrew H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Maryland Department of the Environment   (United States)

^c IM Systems Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Non native plants; Propagules; Restoration; Seed bank; Tidal freshwater marsh; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MARSH; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED BANK; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA];

CYPERUS; JUNCUS; LINDERNIA DUBIA; LUDWIGIA PALUSTRIS; LYTHRACEAE; LYTHRUM SALICARIA;

EID: 67349215026     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00415.x     Document Type: Article

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