Structure and organization of a northern New England salt marsh plant community

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 72-85

  Ewanchuk, Patrick J ^a   Bertness, Mark D ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facilitation; Redox; Salt marsh; Spartina; Succession; Zonation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL ZONATION; FACILITATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PLANT COMMUNITY; REDOX CONDITIONS; SALTMARSH; SUCCESSION;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SPARTINA;

EID: 0942300458     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2004.00838.x     Document Type: Article

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