Does seed availability limit plant establishment during salt marsh restoration?

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-25

  Morzaria Luna, Hem Nalini ^a,b   Zedler, Joy B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Centro Intercultural de Estudios de Desiertos V Océanos   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; RECRUITMENT; SALTMARSH; SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; TIJUANA ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

CARPOBROTUS EDULIS; MESEMBRYANTHEMUM; MESEMBRYANTHEMUM CRYSTALLINUM; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SARCOCORNIA PACIFICA; TRIGLOCHIN CONCINNUM;

EID: 34247178950     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02782963     Document Type: Article

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