Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of Eragrostis curvula in the downstream flood meadow of a regulated river

Annales de Limnologie

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 181-193

  Gomes, Pattiyage I A ^a   Asaeda, Takashi ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eragrostis curvula; Redundancy analysis; Sandy and stony habitats

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FITNESS; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; HETEROGENEITY; MEADOW; PHOSPHORUS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ERAGROSTIS; ERAGROSTIS CURVULA;

EID: 70349554768     PISSN: 00034088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/limn/2009015     Document Type: Article

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