Extreme climate events and wet grasslands: plant traits for ecological resilience

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 750, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 229-243

  Brotherton, Sarah J ^a   Joyce, Chris B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Disturbance; Drought; Flood; Stability; Wetland

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925496183     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-014-2129-5     Document Type: Review

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