Environmental variation as a key process of co-existence in flood-meadows

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 480-491

  Mathar, Wanja ^a   Kleinebecker, Till ^a   Hölzel, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alluvial meadow; Chronosequence; Flood plain; Floristic composition; Functional traits; Gradient analysis; Rhine; Summer drought 2003; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FLOODPLAIN; FLORISTICS; MEADOW; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

GERMANY; RHINE VALLEY; UPPER RHINE VALLEY;

EID: 84926526845     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12254     Document Type: Article

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