Dominant environmental factors in wetland plant communities invaded by Phragmites australis in East Harbor, Ohio, USA

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 511-525

  Welch, Bradley A ^a,b   Davis, Craig B ^a   Gates, Robert J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canonical correspondence analysis; Disturbance; Elevation; Lake Erie; Phragmites australis; Soil fertility; Wave exposure; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL FERTILITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WETLAND;

EAST HARBOR; GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 33750698933     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-006-9004-8     Document Type: Article

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