Plant zonation in low-latitude salt marshes: Disentangling the roles of flooding, salinity and competition

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 159-167

  Pennings, Steven C ^a,c   Grant, Mary Bestor ^b,d   Bertness, Mark D ^b  

^a University of Georgia Marine Institute   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Houston   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Juncus roemerianus; Latitude; Physical gradient; Soil salinity; Spartina alterniflora; Zonation

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FLOODING; LATITUDE; SALINITY; SALTMARSH; ZONATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

JUNCUS; JUNCUS ROEMERIANUS; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 13544274318     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2004.00959.x     Document Type: Article

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