Unrealized Expectations for Restoration of a Floodplain Plant Community

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 810-819

  Toth, Louis A ^a  

^a Vegetation Management Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadleaf marsh; Depth; Hydroperiod; Kissimmee River; Ludwigia peruviana

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; DEPTH; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT CREATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; KISSIMMEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ALISMATACEAE; FILICOPHYTA; LUDWIGIA PERUVIANA; MORELLA CERIFERA; MYRICACEAE; PONTEDERIA CORDATA; SAGITTARIA LANCIFOLIA;

EID: 78049478063     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00731.x     Document Type: Article

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