The spatial patterns of functional groups and successional direction in a coastal dune community

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 417-425

  Feagin, Rusty A ^a   Wu, X Ben ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amelioration; Directionality; Facilitation; Point pattern analysis; Ripley's K; Sand dunes; Spatial analysis; Spatial succession

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DUNE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HURRICANE; PLANT COMMUNITY; REMEDIATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUCCESSION;

GALVESTON ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547613741     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/1551-5028(2007)60[417:TSPOFG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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