Survival and growth responses of eight Everglades tree species along an experimental hydrological gradient on two tree island types

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 439-449

  Stoffella, Susana L ^a   Ross, Michael S ^a   Sah, Jay P ^a   Price, Rene M ^a   Sullivan, Pamela L ^a   Cline, Eric A ^b   Scinto, Leonard J ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EVERGLADES DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

Ground and surface water dynamic; Plant soil interaction; Soil water interaction; Substrate type; Tree islands; Wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956333750     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2010.01081.x     Document Type: Article

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