Interactive effects of animal disturbance and elevation on vegetation of a tidal freshwater marsh

Estuaries

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 905-915

  Baldwin, Andrew H ^a   Pendleton, Frank N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; ELEVATION; SALTMARSH; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

MARYLAND; PATUXENT RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ANSER; ANSER SP.; BIDENS; BIDENS LAEVIS; CYPRINUS CARPIO; ONDATRA ZIBETHICUS; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR; ZIZANIA; ZIZANIA AQUATICA;

EID: 0142229523     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02803349     Document Type: Article

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