Determinants of annual-perennial plant zonation across a salt-fresh marsh interface: A multistage assessment

Oecologia

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1067-1075

  Cui, Baoshan ^a   He, Qiang ^a   Zhang, Kejiang ^b   Chen, Xin ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competition; Life history stage; Plant zonation; Salinity; Salt marsh

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANNUAL PLANT; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COMPETITIVE ABILITY; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL ZONATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GROWTH RATE; HOME RANGE; LIFE HISTORY; MARSH; PERENNIAL PLANT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SALINITY; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SURVIVAL; TOLERANCE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; GEOGRAPHY; GOOSEFOOT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; POACEAE; SALINITY; WETLAND;

CHENOPODIACEAE; CHINA; GEOGRAPHY; POACEAE; SALINITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WETLANDS;

CHINA; SHANDONG; YELLOW RIVER ESTUARY;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SUAEDA SALSA;

EID: 79960312307     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-1944-x     Document Type: Article

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