The ecology of egeria densa planchon (liliopsida: Alismatales): A wetland ecosystem engineer

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 299-313

  Yarrow, Matthew ^a   Marín, Víctor H ^a   Finlayson, Max ^b   Tironi, Antonio ^a   Delgado, Luisa E ^a   Fischer, Fernanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecosystem engineer; Egeria densa; Invasive species

Indexed keywords

ALISMATALES; EGERIA DENSA; LILIOPSIDA;

EID: 70349258452     PISSN: 0716078X     EISSN: 07176317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-078X2009000200010     Document Type: Review

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