Evolution of a new ecotype of Spartina alterniflora (Poaceae) in San Francisco Bay, California, USA

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 543-546

  Daehler, Curtis C ^a   Anttila, Carina K ^b   Ayres, Debra R ^b   Strong, Donald R ^b   Bailey, John P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Dwarf; Founding population; Invasion; Poaceae; Random amplified polymorphic DNA; Smooth cordgrasss; Spartina

Indexed keywords

ECOTYPE; EVOLUTION; GRASS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

FUNGI; POACEAE; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SPARTINA PATENS;

EID: 0033301769     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2656815     Document Type: Article

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