Nutrients, competition and plant zonation in a New England salt marsh

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 285-292

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive reversal; Distichlis; Juncus; Nutrients; Spartina; Stress gradient

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DISTRIBUTION; SALT MARSH; UNITED STATES;

ECOLOGICAL ZONATION; FERTILIZATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SALTMARSH;

USA, NEW ENGLAND;

DISTICHLIS SPICATA; DPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; JUNCUS GERARDI; SPARTINA PATENS;

EID: 0031806970     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1998.00253.x     Document Type: Article

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