Plant community recovery following restoration in temporally variable riparian wetlands

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-64

  Meyer, Clinton K ^a,b   Whiles, Matt R ^a   Baer, Sara G ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIMPSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Platte River; Slough; Temporal variability; Vegetation; Wet meadow

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HABITAT RESTORATION; MEADOW; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WETLAND;

PLATTE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73949137237     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00451.x     Document Type: Article

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