Inundation frequency determines the post-pioneer successional pathway in a newly created salt marsh

Wetlands

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1097-1105

  Pétillon, Julien ^a,d   Erfanzadeh, Reza ^a,e   Garbutt, Angus ^b   Maelfait, Jean Pierre ^a   Hoffmann, Maurice ^a,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Plant composition; Restoration; Species turnover; Succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873517673     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-010-0115-x     Document Type: Article

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