Disturbance and intraspecific variation in the clonal morphology of salt marsh perennials

Oikos

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 107-116

  Brewer, J Stephen ^a,b   Bertness, Mark D ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAL MORPHOLOGY; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FUGITIVE SPECIES; SALT MARSHES; SALTMARSH;

DISTICHLIS SPICATA; POACEAE; SPARTINA PATENS;

EID: 0030304929     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3545590     Document Type: Article

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