Relationships between vegetation zonation and altitude in a salt-marsh system in northwest Spain

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 695-702

  Sanchez J M ^a   Izco, J ^a   Medrano, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coastal vegetation; Physical gradient; Tidal flooding

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; SALTMARSH; VEGETATION ZONATION; ZONATION;

SPAIN, GALICIA;

EID: 0030301184     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236381     Document Type: Article

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