Herbaceous plant community responses to fluctuations in hydrology: Using Mississippi River islands as models for plant community assembly

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 177-191

  Moore, James E ^a   Franklin, Scott B ^b   Grubaugh, Jack W ^c  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chance; Community assembly; disturbance; diversity; flooding; frequency; intensity; niche

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DATA SET; DISTURBANCE; FLOOD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HERB; HYDROLOGY; ISLAND; LANDSCAPE; LINEARITY; NICHE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANT COMMUNITY; STANDARDIZATION;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051894416     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3159/TORREY-D-11-00011.1     Document Type: Article

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