Effects of biomass removal and elevation on species richness in a New England salt marsh

Oikos

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 333-341

  Brewer, J Stephen ^a,b   Levine, Jonathan M ^a   Bertness, Mark D ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS REMOVAL; ELEVATION; SALTMARSH; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NEW ENGLAND; USA;

EID: 0030755140     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546601     Document Type: Article

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