Ecological processes shaping Central Patagonian salt marsh landscapes

Austral Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-67

  Idaszkin, Yanina L ^a,b   Bortolus, Alejandro ^a   Bouza, Pablo J ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Neighbour exclusion; Salt marsh; Sarcocornia; Soil anoxia; Spartina; Submersion; Zonation

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; COLONIZATION; DOMINANCE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASS; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; HERB; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LANDSCAPE; SALTMARSH; SURVIVAL; TRANSPLANTATION; ZONATION;

PATAGONIA;

SARCOCORNIA; SARCOCORNIA PERENNIS; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 79251485321     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02117.x     Document Type: Article

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