Multiple effects of land-use changes impede the colonization of open water in fen ponds

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 551-563

  Sarneel, Judith M ^a,b   Soons, Merel B ^a   Geurts, Jeroen J M ^c   Beltman, Boudewijn ^a   Verhoeven, Jos T A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Fragmentation; Muskrat invasion; Restoration; Stratiotes aloides L.; Succession; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FEN; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT QUALITY; KEYSTONE SPECIES; LAND USE CHANGE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OPEN WATER; PEAT; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; WETLAND;

ONDATRA; ONDATRA ZIBETHICUS; STRATIOTES; STRATIOTES ALOIDES;

EID: 79955001700     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01281.x     Document Type: Article

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