Freshwater wetland restoration of an abandoned sand mine: Seed bank recruitment dynamics and plant colonization

Wetlands

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 185-196

  Vivian Smith, Gabrielle ^a   Handel, Steven N ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Freshwater wetlands; New Jersey; Recruitment; Seed banks; Wetland creation; Wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

EID: 8644253679     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03160692     Document Type: Article

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