Zonation of vegetation along a burial gradient on the leeward slopes of Lake Huron sand dunes

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 227-236

  Dech, Jeffery P ^a   Maun, M Anwar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burial; Coastal dunes; Vegetation; Woody plants; Zonation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; COMPOSITION; FREQUENCIES; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; SALTS; SAND; SLOPE PROTECTION;

BURIAL GRADIENTS; SALT SPRAY; SAND DUNES; ZONATION;

VEGETATION;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DUNE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PLANT COMMUNITY; VEGETATION; ZONATION;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATES; COASTS; PLANTS; SALT WATER; SAND; SLOPE;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE HURON; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17444422549     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B04-163     Document Type: Article

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