Multi-scale analysis of environmental constraints on macrophyte distribution, floristic groups and plant diversity in the Lower Paraná River floodplain

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 123, Issue , 2015, Pages 13-25

  Morandeira, Natalia Soledad ^a   Kandus, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Environmental heterogeneity; Freshwater wetlands; Indicator species; Landscape filters; Macrophytes; Vegetation classification; Zonation pattern

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HETEROGENEITY; MACROPHYTE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRAIRIE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WETLAND; ZONATION;

PARANA BASIN;

EID: 84922431891     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2015.01.006     Document Type: Article

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