Post-dispersal probability of germination and establishment on the shorelines of slow-flowing or stagnant water bodies

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 517-525

  Sarneel, Judith M ^a,b   Soons, Merel B ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colonization; Disturbance; Fens; Hydrodynamics; Restoration; Riparian vegetation; Waves; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEN; GERMINATION; HERB; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MIMICRY; OPEN WATER; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHORELINE; SOWING; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER LEVEL; WIND WAVE;

BERULA ERECTA; CALLA PALUSTRIS; COMARUM PALUSTRE; GLYCERIA MAXIMA; MENTHA; MENTHA AQUATICA;

EID: 84860122527     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01367.x     Document Type: Article

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