Facilitation of cobble beach plant communities through habitat modification by Spartina alterniflora

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1179-1192

  Bruno, John F ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cobble beach; Facilitation; Habitat modification; Seed retention; Seed supply; Seedling emergence; Spartina alterniflora; Substrate stability

Indexed keywords

BEACH; FACILITATION; HERBIVORY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; STABILIZATION; SUBSTRATE;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

SALICORNIA EUROPAEA; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SUAEDA LINEARIS;

EID: 0033936932     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/177200     Document Type: Article

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