Scale-dependent interactions and community structure along environmental gradients on a coastal salt marsh

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISSUE 56, 2009, Pages 429-433

  Kim, D ^a   Cairns, D M ^a   Bartholdy, J ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Competition; Facilitation; Ripley's K function; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950149819     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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