Environmental filtering and plant functional types on mexican foredunes along the gulf of Mexico

Ecoscience

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-62

  Gallego Fernández, Juan B ^a   Martínez, M Luisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

coastal dune; environmental filters; functional diversity; plant traits; sedimentary dynamics; species diversity

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; BEACH; COASTAL ZONE; DIVERSITY INDEX; DUNE; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SALINITY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 79954491351     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/18-1-3376     Document Type: Article

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