The role of coastal ecotones: A case study of the salt marsh/upland transition zone in California

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 279-290

  Traut, Bibit Halliday ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecotone; Nitrogen; Plant and spider richness; Salt marsh; Upland border

Indexed keywords

ECOTONE; SALTMARSH; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRANSITION ZONE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARANEAE;

EID: 16844373773     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2005.00969.x     Document Type: Article

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