Hydroperiod regime controls the organization of plant species in wetlands

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 48, 2012, Pages 19596-19600

  Foti, Romano ^a   Del Jesus, Manuel ^a,b   Rinaldo, Andrea ^c,d   Rodriguez Iturbe, Ignacio ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ecology; Ecosystems sensitivity; Self organization; Wetlands vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLAUDIUM JAMAICENSE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GRASS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PINUS ELLIOTTII; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION; WETLAND;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FLORIDA; PLANTS; PROBABILITY; WETLANDS;

EID: 84870330211     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1218056109     Document Type: Article

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