Experimental evidence for factors maintaining plant species diversity in a New England salt marsh

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2064-2073

  Hacker, Sally D ^a,b   Bertness, Mark D ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atriplex patula; Compensatory Mortality Hypothesis; Competition; Direct positive interactions; Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis; Iva frutescens; Juncus gerardi; Limonium nashii; New England; Physical stress; Salt marsh; Solidago sempervirens; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; FACILITATION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SALTMARSH; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX PATULA; IVA FRUTESCENS; JUNCUS; JUNCUS GERARDI; LIMONIUM CAROLINIANUM; SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO SEMPERVIRENS;

EID: 0032827639     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[2064:EEFFMP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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