Temporal variations and spatial patterns in saline and waterlogged peat fields. 1. Survival and growth of salt marsh graminoids

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 333-342

  Montemayor, Marilou B ^a   Price, Jonathan S ^a   Rochefort, Line ^b   Boudreau, Stephanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Frozen ground layer; Juncus balticus; pH; Redox potentials; Spartina pectinata; Water table

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MOISTURE CONTENT; PEATLAND; SALINITY; SALTMARSH; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATERLOGGING;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA;

JUNCUS BALTICUS; SPARTINA PECTINATA;

EID: 39649117127     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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