Salt marsh-upland ecotones in central california: Vulnerability to invasions and anthropogenic stressors

Wetlands

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 389-402

  Wasson, Kerstin ^a,b   Woolfolk, Andrea ^a  

^a Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Grazing; Invasion; Transition zone .Water control structure

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOTONE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HABITAT LOSS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURE; INVASIBILITY; SALTMARSH; SPECIES RICHNESS; UPLAND REGION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VULNERABILITY; WATER EXCHANGE; WEED; WETLAND;

CALIFORNIA; ELKHORN SLOUGH BASIN; UNITED STATES;

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EID: 79959975053     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-011-0153-z     Document Type: Article

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