Vegetation change from chronic stress events: Detection of the effects of tide gate removal and long-term drought on a tidal marsh

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 431-442

  Wetzel, Paul R ^a,b   Kitchens, Wiley M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community shift; Minimum structure; Multipermutation response procedure; Salinity gradient; Savannah River

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DETECTION METHOD; DOMINANCE; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; INTERSTITIAL ENVIRONMENT; MARSH; PLANT COMMUNITY; SALINITY; TIDE; VEGETATION COVER;

NORTH AMERICA; SAVANNAH RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249294911     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2007)18[431:VCFCSE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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