Seed viability and seed dormancy of non-native Phragmites australis in suburbanized and forested watersheds of the Chesapeake Bay, USA

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 199-204

  Kettenring, Karin M ^a   Whigham, Dennis F ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brackish wetland; Chesapeake Bay; Invasive species; Phragmites australis; Seed dormancy; Seed germination; Seed viability

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GERMINATION; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PERENNIAL PLANT; SEED DORMANCY; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 68949200131     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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