Vegetation succession and herbivory in a salt marsh: Changes induced by sea level rise and silt deposition along an elevational gradient

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 799-814

  Olff, H ^a   De Leeuw, J ^b,d   Bakker, J P ^c   Platerink, R J ^c   Van Wijnen, H J ^c   De Munck, W ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Facilitation; Herbivory; Nitrogen accumulation; Salt marsh; Sea level rise; Succession

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION; ELEVATIONAL GRADIENT; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; SALT MARSHES; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEA-LEVEL RISE; SEDIMENTATION; SUCCESSION;

BRANTA BERNICLA; ELYMUS ATHERICUS; FESTUCA RUBRA; PLANTAGO MARITIMA; PLANTINACEAE; POACEAE; PUCCINELLIA MARITIMA;

EID: 0031434560     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2960603     Document Type: Article

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