Flow regulation affects temporal patterns of riverine plant seed dispersal: Potential implications for plant recruitment

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2568-2579

  Greet, Joe ^a,b   Cousens, Roger D ^a   Webb, J Angus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b EWATER COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hydrochory; Natural flow regime; Riparian vegetation; Seasonal flow timing; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867913698     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12028     Document Type: Article

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