Status, prediction and prevention of introduced cordgrass Spartina spp. invasions in Pacific estuaries, USA

Biological Conservation

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 51-58

  Daehler, Curtis C ^a,b   Strong, Donald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

Author keywords

cordgrass; invasion; Pacific; prediction; Spartina

Indexed keywords

SPARTINA; POACEAE; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SPARTINA ANGLICA; SPARTINA DENSIFLORA; SPARTINA PATENS;

CORDGRASS; ESTUARIES; ESTUARY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PREVENTION; VULNERABILITY;

USA, PACIFIC COAST;

EID: 0030251416     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(96)00017-1     Document Type: Article

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