Local competitive effects of introduced Spartina alterniflora on Scirpus mariqueter at Dongtan of Chongming Island, the Yangtze River estuary and their potential ecological consequences

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 528, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 99-106

  Chen, Zhongyi ^a   Li, Bo ^a   Zhong, Yang ^a   Chen, Jiakuan ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Competition; Dongtan; Invasion; Scirpus mariqueter; Spartina alterniflora; The Yangtze River estuary

Indexed keywords

BIRD DIVERSITY; FRESH CORM OUTPUT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIDELANDS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ESTUARIES; SEED; TIDES; WETLANDS;

VEGETATION;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GRASS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WETLAND;

ASIA; CHINA; CHONGMING ISLAND; DONGTAN; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANGHAI; WORLD; YANGTZE RIVER;

AVES; SCIRPUS; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 7244242505     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-1888-9     Document Type: Article

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