Habitat range and phenotypic variation in salt marsh plants

Plant Ecology

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 263-273

  Richards, Christina L ^a   Pennings, Steven C ^b   Donovan, Lisa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental gradient; Height forms; Intra specific variation; Phenotypic plasticity; Salinity; Sapelo Island; Water logging

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RANGE SIZE; SALINITY; SALTMARSH;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAPELO ISLAND; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 21144450559     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-004-0841-3     Document Type: Article

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