The potential impact of herbivores on the susceptibility of the marsh plant Sagittaria lancifolia to saltwater intrusion in coastal wetlands

Estuaries

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-20

  Grace, James B ^a   Ford, Mark A ^b  

^a US National Biological Service   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SAGITTARIA LANCIFOLIA; ALISMATACEAE;

FLOODING; SALTWATER;

EID: 0029661661     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1352647     Document Type: Article

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