Seasonal timing of inundation affects riparian plant growth and flowering: Implications for riparian vegetation composition

Plant Ecology

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-101

  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

Exotic invasion; Flood timing; Natural flow regime; Riverine vegetation; Sexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FLOODING; FLOW REGULATION; FLOWERING; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROPHYTE; PEAK FLOW; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SEASONALITY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION TYPE;

AUSTRALIA;

POACEAE;

EID: 84872274691     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-012-0148-8     Document Type: Article

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