Effects of sediment removal on vegetation communities in Rainwater Basin playa wetlands

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 128, Issue , 2013, Pages 371-379

  Beas, Benjamin J ^a,c   Smith, Loren M ^a   LaGrange, Theodore G ^b   Stutheit, Randy ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Lincoln   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressional wetland; Exotic species; Nebraska; Plant species composition; Restoration ecology; Trajectory

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; LAND USE; RESTORATION; SEED;

DEPRESSIONAL WETLAND; EXOTIC SPECIES; NEBRASKA; PLANT COMMUNITIES; PLANT SPECIES COMPOSITION; REFERENCE WETLANDS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RESTORED WETLANDS; SPECIES RICHNESS; WETLAND CONDITION;

WETLANDS;

RAIN;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; CULTIVATION; DISPERSAL; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; INVASIVE SPECIES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLAYA; RAINWATER; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEED BANK; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRAJECTORY; VEGETATION TYPE; WETLAND;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; EXOTIC SPECIES; FIELD STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION; WETLAND;

GREAT PLAINS; NEBRASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879424304     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.04.063     Document Type: Article

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