Competitive exclusion of Elymus athericus from a high-stress habitat in a European salt marsh

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 503-513

  Bockelmann, Anna Christina ^a,b   Neuhaus, Reimert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atmospheric nitrogen input; Atriplex portulacoides; Invasion; Tidal inundation; Zonation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPETITION; GERMANY; NITROGEN METABOLISM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; ZONATION;

COMPETITIVE DISPLACEMENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SALTMARSH;

GERMANY; THMLAUER BAY; WADDEN SEA;

ATRIPLEX PORTULACOIDES; ELYMUS ATHERICUS;

EID: 0033047168     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1999.00368.x     Document Type: Article

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