Nitrogen addition does not reduce belowground competition in a salt marsh clonal plant community in Mississippi (USA)

Plant Ecology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-106

  Brewer, J Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonal growth; Competition; Juncus roemerianus; Nutrients; Preemption; Salt marsh; Spartina alterniflora; Tidal flood stress

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); NITROGEN; PLANT COMMUNITY; SALTMARSH;

UNITED STATES;

JUNCUS; JUNCUS ROEMERIANUS; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 0042665601     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024478714291     Document Type: Article

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