Environmental determinism versus biotic stochasticity in the appearance of plant species in salt-marsh succession

Plant Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-50

  Erfanzadeh, Reza ^a,b   Pétillon, Julien ^a,c   Maelfait, Jean Pierre ^a,d   Hoffmann, Maurice ^a,d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Annuals; Determinism; Salt marsh; Stochasticity; Succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954150527     PISSN: 20323913     EISSN: 20323921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2010.422     Document Type: Article

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