Effects of environmental change on plant species density: Comparing predictions with experiments

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 882-890

  Gough, Laura ^a,c   Grace, James B ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Coastal marsh; Disturbance; Flooding; Herbivory; Nutrient enrichment; Salinity; Species density; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; MODELING; PLANT COMMUNITY; PREDICTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032944537     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[0882:EOECOP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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