Geographic variation in positive and negative interactions among salt marsh plants

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1527-1538

  Pennings, Steven C ^a,e   Selig, Elizabeth R ^b,c   Houser, Letise T ^b,d   Bertness, Mark D ^b  

^a University of Georgia Marine Institute   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^e University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Competition; Facilitation; Latitude; Positive interactions; Salt marsh

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SALTMARSH;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344153400     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[1527:GVIPAN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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