The role of waterlogging in maintaining forb pannes in northern New England salt marshes

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1568-1574

  Ewanchuk, Patrick J ^a,b   Bertness, Mark D ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Forb panne; New England; Plant community; Plant competition; Salt marsh; Spartina; Waterlogging; Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve; Zonation

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); SALTMARSH; SPECIES RICHNESS; STRESS RESISTANCE; WATERLOGGING;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SPARTINA PATENS;

EID: 3943079659     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-0779     Document Type: Article

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