Tidal events and salt-marsh structure influence black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) recruitment across an ecotone

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1648-1658

  Peterson, Jennifer M ^a   Bell, Susan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avicennia germinans; Black mangrove; Dispersal; Ecotone; Facilitation; Hydrochory; Plant ecology; Propagule; Recruitment; Salt marsh; Sea level rise; Tides

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOTONE; FACILITATION; GRASS; HYDROCHORY; MANGROVE; MONOCULTURE; PERMEABILITY; PROPAGULE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TAXONOMY; TIDAL CYCLE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; AVICENNIA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TSUNAMI; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

AVICENNIA; FLORIDA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIDAL WAVES; WETLANDS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

AVICENNIA GERMINANS; BATIS MARITIMA; SESUVIUM PORTULACASTRUM; SPOROBOLUS VIRGINICUS;

EID: 84864234557     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1430.1     Document Type: Article

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