Use of morphological variability in Cladium jamaicense and Typha domingensis to understand vegetation changes in an Everglades marsh

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 319-335

  Weisner, Stefan E B ^a   Miao, Shi Li ^b  

^a HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Everglades Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattail; Morphological plasticity; Phosphorus; Sawgrass; Water depth; Wetland

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER DEPTH; WETLAND;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CLADIUM; CLADIUM JAMAICENSE; TYPHA; TYPHA DOMINGENSIS;

EID: 1842834062     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2003.11.007     Document Type: Article

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