Latitudinal and climate-driven variation in the strength and nature of biological interactions in New England salt marshes

Oecologia

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 392-401

  Bertness, Mark D ^a   Ewanchuk, Patrick J ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Community organization; Competition; Facilitation; Plant ecology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; FACILITATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LATITUDE; SALTMARSH;

UNITED STATES;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 0036931088     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-0972-y     Document Type: Article

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