The application of cutting plus waterlogging to control Spartina alterniflora on saltmarshes in the Yangtze Estuary, China

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 103-110

  Yuan, Lin ^a   Zhang, Liquan ^a,b   Xiao, Derong ^a   Huang, Huamei ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Growth; Invasion; Reproduction; Saltmarshes; Spartina alterniflora; Yangtze Estuary

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GRASS; GROWTH RESPONSE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MECHANICAL CONTROL; PHYTOMASS; REPRODUCTION; SALTMARSH; SEED PRODUCTION; WATERLOGGING; WEED CONTROL;

CHINA; CHONGMING DONGTAN NATURE RESERVE; SHANGHAI; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 79952070705     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.12.019     Document Type: Article

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