Nitrogen addition could shift plant community composition in a restored California salt marsh

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 74-85

  Boyer, Katharyn E ^a,b   Zedler, Joy B ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NITROGEN; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALTMARSH;

UNITED STATES;

SALICORNIA BIGELOVII; SPARTINA FOLIOSA;

EID: 0032843473     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.1999.07109.x     Document Type: Article

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