Colonization of a newly developing salt marsh: Disentangling independent effects of elevation and redox potential on halophytes

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1350-1357

  Davy, Anthony J ^a   Brown, Michael J H ^a   Mossman, Hannah L ^a   Grant, Alastair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Atriplex portulacoides; Ecophysiology; Elytrigia atherica; Hierarchical partitioning; Plant soil (below ground) interactions; Puccinellia maritima; Salicornia europaea; Salt marsh zonation; Suaeda maritima

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; COLONIZATION; DISTURBANCE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODING; GRASS; HALOPHYTE; OXYGEN; OXYGENATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REDOX POTENTIAL; RHIZOSPHERE; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; SUCCESSION; TOLERANCE; WATER CONTENT; ZONATION;

ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX PORTULACOIDES; ELYTRIGIA; PUCCINELLIA MARITIMA; SALICORNIA EUROPAEA; SUAEDA MARITIMA;

EID: 80053644403     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01870.x     Document Type: Article

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