Response of an invasive native wetland plant to environmental flows: Implications for managing regulated floodplain ecosystems

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 132, Issue , 2014, Pages 268-277

  Vivian, Lyndsey M ^a   Marshall, David J ^a   Godfree, Robert C ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecosystem degradation; Flooding tolerance; Invasive species; Juncus ingens; Submergence

Indexed keywords

SURFACE WATER;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FLOODPLAIN; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT TYPE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROPHYTE; SURVIVAL; THRESHOLD; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DROUGHT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOODPLAIN; INVASIVE SPECIES; JUNCUS INGENS; MACROPHYTE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HEIGHT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHOOT; SURVIVAL; WATER FLOW;

AUSTRALIA; BARMAH-MILLEWA FOREST; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

JUNCUS;

ECOSYSTEM DEGRADATION; FLOODING TOLERANCE; INVASIVE SPECIES; JUNCUS INGENS; SUBMERGENCE;

ANGIOSPERMS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LONGEVITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VICTORIA; WATER MOVEMENTS; WETLANDS;

EID: 84890172884     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.11.015     Document Type: Article

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