Zonation of vegetation on lacustrine coastal dunes: Effects of burial by sand

Ecology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 14-18

  Maun, M Anwar ^a   Perumal, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burial by sand; Coastal dunes; Foredunes; Salt spray; Zonation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033028052     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.1999.21048.x     Document Type: Article

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