Effects of abiotic factors on the life span of the invasive cordgrass Spartina densiflora and the native Spartina maritima at low salt marshes: Changes in life span of cordgrasses

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-60

  Castillo, Jesús M ^a   Figueroa, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Dieback; Relative growth rate; Sexual reproduction; Submergence; Tidal; Transplant experiment

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DIEBACK; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HABITAT RESTORATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PERENNIAL PLANT; SALTMARSH; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SUBMERGENCE; SURVIVORSHIP; TOLERANCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

SPARTINA; SPARTINA DENSIFLORA; SPARTINA MARITIMA;

EID: 59849120139     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-007-9159-2     Document Type: Article

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