Salt spray and edaphic factors maintain dwarf stature and community composition in coastal sandplain heathlands

Plant Ecology

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-86

  Griffiths, Megan E ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Martha's Vineyard; Massachusetts; Plant water relations; Soil; Vegetation zonation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HEATHLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; SALT; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION; WOODY PLANT; ZONATION;

MARTHA'S VINEYARD; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MORELLA PENSYLVANICA; MYRICACEAE;

EID: 33747030837     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9113-8     Document Type: Article

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