Understanding the relative roles of disturbance and species interactions in shaping Mississippi River island plant communities

Community Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 108-116

  Moore, J E ^a   Franklin, S ^b  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Community assembly; Competition; Disturbance; Facilitation; Flood tolerance; Intermediate disturbance hypothesis; Neutral; Niche; Stress gradient hypothesis

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DICOTYLEDON; DISTURBANCE; DROUGHT; ELEVATION; FACILITATION; FLOODING; HERB; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; ISLAND; LIFE HISTORY; NICHE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEDGE; TOLERANCE;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS PALMERI; CYPERUS; CYPERUS STRIGOSUS; XANTHIUM; XANTHIUM STRUMARIUM;

EID: 79958794113     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.12.2011.1.13     Document Type: Article

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