Patterns of plant diversity in Georgia and Texas salt marshes

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 673-681

  Kunza, Amy E ^a   Pennings, Steven C ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly rules; Biodiversity; Biogeography; Competition; Salt marsh; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY RULE; BIODIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; SALTMARSH; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES POOL; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ALLOLEPIS;

EID: 48749089947     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-008-9058-3     Document Type: Article

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