Herbaceous plant communities on the Delaware River floodplain, New Jersey, during the Mid-Holocene

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 252-262

  Southgate, Emily W B ^a  

^a HOOD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abbott Farm; Ambrosia; floodplain vegetation; herbaceous communities; Holocene; Trenton marshes

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FLOODPLAIN; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HERB; HISTORICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY;

DELAWARE BASIN; MICHIGAN; TRENTON; UNITED STATES;

AMBROSIA; CAREX; CYPERACEAE; POACEAE; QUERCUS;

EID: 77956990106     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3159/10-RA-013R.1     Document Type: Article

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