Floristic shifts in wetlands: The effects of environmental variables on the interaction between Phragmites australis (Common Reed) and Melaleuca ericifolia (Swamp Paperbark)

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 187-204

  Morris, Kay ^a   Boon, Paul I ^b   Raulings, Elisa J ^a   White, Sean D ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cellulose; Convective gas flow; Gippsland Lakes; Redox potential; Salinity; Soil oxygenation

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; COLONIZATION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FLORISTICS; GAS FLOW; GRASS; GROWTH; ORGANIC MATTER; SALINITY; SEEDLING; SHRUB; WETLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

MELALEUCA; MELALEUCA ERICIFOLIA; MELALEUCA QUINQUENERVIA; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 43249100294     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF07072     Document Type: Article

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