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- noun The period of time during which a wetland is covered by water.
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Examples
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Natural vegetation varies with site characteristics, mainly soil texture and hydroperiod.
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The highest productivity occur in a pulsing hydroperiod wetland that receives high inputs of nutrients, while lower productivity characterizes either drained or continuously flooded swamps.
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The most important environmental condition in this ecoregion is the hydroperiod, which controls the amount of oxygen and moisture available to the forest communities.
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The floodplain forest communities can be segregated into different species assemblages, based on the hydroperiod.
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Using the landscape variation of a glacial valley in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem as the context for a natural experiment, we examined variation in growth pattern and life history of the salamander Ambystoma tigrinum melanostictum and determined how these developmental characteristics varied with hydroperiod across 25 ponds over the course of three years
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Using the landscape variation of a glacial valley in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem as the context for a natural experiment, we examined variation in growth pattern and life history of the salamander Ambystoma tigrinum melanostictum and determined how these developmental characteristics varied with hydroperiod across 25 ponds over the course of three years
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Loss of pond habitat is catastrophic to aquatic larval amphibians, and even reduction in the amount of time a breeding site holds water (hydroperiod) can influence amphibian development and limit reproductive success.
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Loss of pond habitat is catastrophic to aquatic larval amphibians, and even reduction in the amount of time a breeding site holds water (hydroperiod) can influence amphibian development and limit reproductive success.
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Using the landscape variation of a glacial valley in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem as the context for a natural experiment, we examined variation in growth pattern and life history of the salamander Ambystoma tigrinum melanostictum and determined how these developmental characteristics varied with hydroperiod across 25 ponds over the course of three years
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Loss of pond habitat is catastrophic to aquatic larval amphibians, and even reduction in the amount of time a breeding site holds water (hydroperiod) can influence amphibian development and limit reproductive success.
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