What confines an annual plant to two separate zones along coastal topographic gradients?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 630, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 327-340

  He, Qiang ^a   Cui, Baoshan ^a   Cai, Yanzi ^a   Deng, Jiafeng ^a   Sun, Tao ^a   Yang, Zhifeng ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Competition; Flooding; Salt marsh; Soil salinity; Suaeda salsa; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANTS; FLOODING; LIFE HISTORY; MUDFLAT; MUDFLATS; NORTHERN CHINA; PLANT COMPETITION; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SALINITY TREATMENT; SALT MARSH; SALT TREATMENTS; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SOIL SALINITY; SUAEDA SALSA; TOPOGRAPHIC GRADIENTS;

COASTAL ZONES; COMPETITION; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOILS;

WETLANDS;

ANNUAL PLANT; COASTAL ZONE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOODING; SALINITY; SALTMARSH; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; ZONATION;

SUAEDA SALSA;

EID: 67349170061     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9825-6     Document Type: Article

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