Understanding wetland plant dynamics in response to water table changes through ecohydrological modelling

Ecohydrology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 287-296

  Palanisamy, Bakkiyalakshmi ^a   Chui, Ting Fong May ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Competition; Drawdown; Groundwater; Herbaceous plants; Succession; Vegetation; Wetland

Indexed keywords

DRAWDOWN; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; HERBACEOUS PLANTS; HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SUCCESSION; SURVIVAL MECHANISMS; WATER TABLE FLUCTUATIONS;

COMPETITION; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; RECOVERY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER LEVELS; WETLANDS;

VEGETATION;

ALGORITHM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GROUNDWATER; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERB; PLANT COMMUNITY; SUCCESSION; WATER TABLE; WETLAND;

EID: 84876327839     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1268     Document Type: Article

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