Seed dispersal, habitat suitability and the distribution of halophytes across a salt marsh tidal gradient

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 608-621

  Rand, Tatyana A ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Fugitive species; Recruitment; Seed seedling dynamics; Zonation

Indexed keywords

HABITAT; HALOPHYTE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SALT MARSH; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES COMPETITION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ABUNDANCE; HALOPHYTE; SALTMARSH; SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033846158     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00484.x     Document Type: Article

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