Species recruitment following flooding, sediment deposition and seed addition in restored riparian areas

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 399-408

  Baattrup Pedersen, Annette ^a   Dalkvist, Didde ^a   Dybkjær, John B ^a   Riis, Tenna ^a   Larsen, Søren E ^a   Kronvang, Brian ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Catchment; Fen; Hydrochory; Land Use; Meadow; Species Diversity; Target Species

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; DEPOSITION; FEN; FLOODING; HABITAT RESTORATION; LAND USE; MEADOW; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN ZONE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION COVER;

BRYOPHYTA; CAREX; EQUISETUM; EQUISETUM PRATENSE; LOTUS PEDUNCULATUS; LYCHNIS; LYCHNIS FLOS-CUCULI; POA; POA TRIVIALIS; URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 84876876936     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2012.00893.x     Document Type: Article

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