Variation in soil temperature, moisture, and plant growth with the addition of downed woody material on lakeshore restoration sites

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 113-121

  Haskell, Daniel E ^a   Flaspohler, David J ^a   Webster, Christopher R ^a   Meyer, Michael W ^b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy volume growth; Moisture content; Plant survival; Residential development; Riparian area

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERB; MOISTURE CONTENT; NATIVE SPECIES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SHRUB; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER; SURVIVAL; UNDERSTORY; WATER CONTENT;

FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; SYMPHORICARPOS ALBUS; WALDSTEINIA FRAGARIOIDES; WALDSTENIA;

EID: 84855448115     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00730.x     Document Type: Article

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