Coastal salt-marsh zonation in Tyrrhenian central Italy and its relationship with other Mediterranean wetlands

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Cutini, M ^a   Agostinelli, E ^b   Acosta, T R A ^a   Molina, J A ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Halophytic vegetation; Mediterranean basin; Salt marsh communities; Vegetation zonation; Wetland

Indexed keywords

AETHEORHIZA BULBOSA; ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX PORTULACOIDES; CAREX EXTENSA; JUNCUS; LIMONIUM NARBONENSE; SARCOCORNIA; SARCOCORNIA FRUTICOSA;

EID: 77951807179     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263500903178117     Document Type: Article

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