Turbary Restoration Meets Variable Success: Does Landscape Structure Force Colonization Success of Wetland Plants?

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 201, 2011, Pages 185-193

  Beltman, Boudewijn ^a   Omtzigt, Nancy Q A ^b   Vermaat, Jan E ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Area water; Colonization; Historical abundance data; Landscape configuration; Shoreline density

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; COMPLEXITY; HABITAT RESTORATION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WETLAND;

NETHERLANDS;

ANATIDAE;

EID: 78049439656     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00711.x     Document Type: Article

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