Relationship of Salt Marsh Vegetation Zonation to Spatial Patterns in Soil Moisture, Salinity, and Topography

Ecosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1287-1302

  Moffett, Kevan B ^a   Robinson, David A ^b   Gorelick, Steven M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ECa; edaphic; geophysics; pattern; Q DEMI; salt marsh; vegetation; wetland; zonation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHIZOSPHERE; SALINITY; SALTMARSH; SATURATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78249281024     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-010-9385-7     Document Type: Article

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