A paleoecological assessment of Phragmites australis in New England tidal marshes: Changes in plant community structure during the last few millennia

Biological Invasions

Volumn 1, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 149-158

  Orson, Richard A ^a  

^a Orson Environmental Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrologic manipulations; Monoculture; New England; Paleoecology; Phragmites; Plant community structure

Indexed keywords

CYPERACEAE; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; POACEAE; SPARTINA; TYPHA;

EID: 0000286930     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1010047731369     Document Type: Article

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