Effects of hydrology on recruitment of Pilularia minuta Durieu (Marsileaceae), an endangered plant of Mediterraneantemporary pools

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 112, Issue , 2014, Pages 76-83

  Daoud Bouattour, Amina ^a,b   Bottollier Curtet, Marion ^c   Jamaa, Hafawa Ferchichi Ben ^a,b,c   Ghrabi Gammar, Zeineb ^b,d   Saad Limam, Samia Ben ^a,b   Rhazi, Laïla ^e   Muller, Serge D ^c  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANOUBA   (Tunisia)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

^e FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES AIN CHOCK   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Freshwater wetlands; North africa; Plant development; Pteridophyte; Spore germination; Water regime

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EPHEMERAL POOL; FERN; FLOODING; GERMINATION; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; LIMITING FACTOR; PLANT COMMUNITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPORE; WATER LEVEL; WETLAND;

TUNISIA;

FILICOPHYTA; MARSILEACEAE; PILULARIA MINUTA; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 84899427049     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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