Seed Supply and Revegetation Dynamics at Restored Tidal Marshes, Napa River, California

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue SPEC.ISSUE, 2011, Pages 121-130

  Diggory, Zooey E ^a   Parker, V Thomas ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brackish marsh; Dispersal limitation; Seed bank; Seed rain; Species richness; Tidal marsh; Vegetation richness

Indexed keywords

HABITAT RESTORATION; MARSH; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED RAIN; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CALIFORNIA; NAPA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651318401     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2009.00636.x     Document Type: Article

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