Early development of plant community in a created mitigation wetland as affected by introduced hydrologic design elements

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1324-1333

  Ahn, Changwoo ^a   Dee, Suzanne ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Created wetland; Floristic quality assessment index (FQAI); Hydrologic regime; Microtopography; Wetland creation design; Wetland vegetation

Indexed keywords

CREATED WETLANDS; FLORISTIC QUALITY ASSESSMENT INDEX (FQAI); HYDROLOGIC REGIME; MICRO TOPOGRAPHY; WETLAND CREATION DESIGN; WETLAND VEGETATION;

BIODIVERSITY; DESIGN; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION; WATER CONTENT;

WETLANDS;

ABUNDANCE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DESIGN; DROUGHT; EROSION CONTROL; FLORISTICS; GRASS; GROWING SEASON; HERB; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; PIEDMONT; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

LOUDOUN COUNTY; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

BIDENS; BIDENS CERNUA; CAREX FRANKII; JUNCUS EFFUSUS; LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM;

EID: 79959920278     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.03.019     Document Type: Article

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