On the beautiful diverse Danube? Danubian floodplain forest vegetation and flora under the influence of river eutrophication

River Research and Applications

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 881-894

  Mölder, Andreas ^a   Schneider, Erika ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Danube; Ellenberg indicator values; Hardwood floodplain forests; Neophytes; Plant functional types; River eutrophication

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EUTROPHICATION; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; FLORA; FLORISTICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION COVER;

DANUBE RIVER;

EID: 80052005715     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1403     Document Type: Article

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