Ecological responses of two pioneer species to a hydrological connectivity gradient in riparian forests of the lower Paraná River

Plant Ecology

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 167-177

  Casco, Sylvina Lorena ^a,b   Neiff, Juan José ^a   de Neiff, Alicia Poi ^a,b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL NORDESTE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ecohydrology; Fluvial landscape; Paran floodplain; River pulse; Riverine forests; Vegetation gradient

Indexed keywords

BAR; CANOPY; CONNECTIVITY; DICOTYLEDON; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FLOODED SOIL; FLOODPLAIN; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MORTALITY; NICHE PARTITIONING; PIONEER SPECIES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RIPARIAN FOREST; SAVANNA; STEPPE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

PARAGUAY RIVER; PARANA RIVER;

ALNUS; ANNONA GLABRA; SALIX; SALIX HUMBOLDTIANA; TESSARIA INTEGRIFOLIA;

EID: 77953479794     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-010-9734-9     Document Type: Article

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