The challenge of restoring vegetation on tidal, hypersaline substrates

Plant and Soil

Volumn 253, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 259-273

  Zedler, J B ^a   Morzaria Luna, H ^a   Ward, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Golden Gate National Recreation Area   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal wetlands; Halophytes; Restoration ecology; Salt marsh; Transplant mortality

Indexed keywords

HALOPHYTE; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; SALTMARSH; TRANSPLANTATION;

UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; FRANKENIA; FRANKENIA SALINA; SALICORNIA; SALICORNIA VIRGINICA; SALINA;

EID: 0042849061     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024599203741     Document Type: Article

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