Sexual reproduction of cordgrass hybrids (Spartina foliosa x alterniflora) invading tidal marshes in San Francisco Bay

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 187-195

  Ayres, Debra R ^a   Zaremba, Katherine ^b   Sloop, Christina M ^c   Strong, Donald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California State Coastal Conservancy   (United States)

^c Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Hybrid evolution; Pollen swamping

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRASS; HYBRID; INVASIVE SPECIES; MARSH; NATIVE SPECIES; POLLEN; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED PRODUCTION; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SPARTINA FOLIOSA;

EID: 38849203246     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00414.x     Document Type: Article

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