Hydrologic and mechanical control for an invasive wetland plant, Juncus ingens, and implications for rehabilitating and managing Murray River floodplain wetlands, Australia

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 717-730

  Mayence, C Ellery ^a   Marshall, David J ^a   Godfree, Robert C ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flooding; Inundation stress; Plant community composition; Wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FLOODPLAIN; GRASSLAND; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT TYPE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; INVASIVE SPECIES; MAGNITUDE; MATURATION; MONOCOTYLEDON; MORTALITY; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SEASONALITY; SEEDLING; WETLAND;

AUSTRALIA; BARMAH-MILLEWA FOREST; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

JUNCUS;

EID: 78649766485     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-010-9191-1     Document Type: Article

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