Predicting performance for ecological restoration: A case study using Spartina altemiflora

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 192-204

  Travis, Steven E ^a,b   Grace, James B ^a  

^a NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive divergence; Common garden; Ecological restoration; Geographic distance; Isolation by distance; Performance; Population differentiation; Spartina alterniflora; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

CLONE; DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; ECOTYPE; GARDEN; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ISOLATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GRASS; GROWTH RESPONSE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MODEL TEST; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POPULATION ECOLOGY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; UNITED STATES;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; LOUISIANA; POACEAE;

NORTH AMERICA;

HYMENACHNE; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 77649138901     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1443.1     Document Type: Article

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