A marine plant (Spartina anglica) invades widely varying habitats: Potential mechanisms of invasion and control

Biological Invasions

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 211-217

  Hacker, Sally D ^a   Heimer, David ^b   Hellquist, C Eric ^c   Reeder, Tabitha G ^a   Reeves, Blain ^d   Riordan, Timothy J ^e   Dethier, Megan N ^e  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Washington State Department of Agriculture   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Context dependent; Cordgrass; Marine invasion; Spartina anglica; Washington State

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SALTMARSH; WEED CONTROL;

UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ANGLICA;

EID: 0035731451     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014555516373     Document Type: Article

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