Stability of a subarctic saltmarsh: Plant community resistance to tidal inundation

Ecoscience

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 351-360

  Person, Brian T ^a   Ruess, Roger W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Climate change; Geese; Herbivory; Salinity; Trophic dynamics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; MINERALIZATION; SALINITY; SALTMARSH; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANSER; ANSER SP.; BRANTA; BRANTA BERNICLA; BRANTA BERNICLA NIGRICANS; CAREX; CAREX RAMENSKII; CAREX SUBSPATHACEA; DESCHAMPSIA CESPITOSA; POA; POA ARCTICA; TRIGLOCHIN;

EID: 0346934910     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2003.11682784     Document Type: Article

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