Seed characteristics and seedling growth of spartina alterniflora on coastal wetland of North Jiangsu

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 4560-4567

  Xu, Weiwei ^a   Wang, Guoxiang ^a   Liu, Jin'e ^a   Chen, Zhengyong ^a   Wang, Gang ^b  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ANHUI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Exotic species; Population expansion; Relative light intensity; Soil seed bank

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL WETLAND; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRUITING; GERMINATION; GRASS; GROWTH; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIGHT ATTENUATION; LIGHT INTENSITY; PRESERVATION; SAMPLING; SEED BANK; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOPSOIL; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER CONTENT; WEIGHT;

CHINA; JIANGSU;

SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 80052429094     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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