The importance of competition in regulating plant species abundance along a salinity gradient

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 62-69

  Greiner La Peyre, M K ^a   Grace, J B ^b   Hahn, E ^a   Mendelssohn, I A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Panicum hemitomon; Sagittaria lancifolia; Salinity gradient; Spartina patens; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GROWTH; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; SALINITY;

UNITED STATES;

ALISMATACEAE; PANICUM HEMITOMON; SAGITTARIA LANCIFOLIA; SPARTINA PATENS;

EID: 0035136042     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[0062:TIOCIR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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