Rapid growth of a Eurasian haplotype of Phragmites australis in a restored brackish marsh in Louisiana, USA

Biological Invasions

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 369-379

  Howard, Rebecca J ^a   Travis, Steven E ^a   Sikes, Benjamin A ^a  

^a NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AFLP; Clonal growth; Competitive ability; Genetic analysis; Genotypic variation; Invasive haplotype; Phragmites australis; Polymerase chain reaction; Restored wetland

Indexed keywords

CLONE; COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIBILITY; MARSH; POLYMORPHISM; RECLAIMED LAND; SEAGRASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 43149098524     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-007-9136-7     Document Type: Article

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