Using water plant functional groups to investigate environmental water requirements

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2637-2652

  Casanova, Michelle T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS VICTORIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibious; Riparian; Submerged; Terrestrial; Water level

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054019458     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02680.x     Document Type: Article

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