To move or not to move: Determinants of seed retention in a tidal marsh

Functional Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 720-727

  Chang, E R ^a   Veeneklaas, R M ^a   Buitenwerf, R ^a   Bakker, J P ^a   Bouma, T J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community organization; Flume tank; Hydrochory; Hydrodynamics; Salt marsh

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; HYDROCHORY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOISTURE; MORPHOLOGY; RETENTION; SALTMARSH; SEED; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VEGETATION TYPE; WAVE ACTION;

ELYTRIGIA; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO MARITIMA; SUAEDA MARITIMA;

EID: 47249134233     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01434.x     Document Type: Article

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