Alterations in flood frequency increase exotic and native species richness of understorey vegetation in a temperate floodplain eucalypt forest

Plant Ecology

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 219-233

  Stokes, Kate ^a   Ward, Keith ^b   Colloff, Matthew ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority   (Australia)

Author keywords

Altered hydrology; Exotic weeds; Flood disturbance; Functional traits; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; EVERGREEN FOREST; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODPLAIN; GERMINATION; NATIVE SPECIES; RIVER SYSTEM; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WEED;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS;

EID: 78650686060     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-010-9833-7     Document Type: Article

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