A process-based grid model for the simulation of range expansion of Spartina alterniflora on the coastal saltmarshes in the Yangtze Estuary

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 105-112

  Ge, Zhenming ^a   Cao, Haobin ^a   Zhang, Liquan ^a,b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coastal saltmarshes; Exotic plant; Process based model; Range expansion; Spatio temporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ESTUARIES; EXPANSION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIFE CYCLE;

COASTAL SALTMARSH; EXOTIC PLANTS; GRID MODEL; HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; PROCESS-BASED; PROCESS-BASED MODELING; RANGE EXPANSION; SALT MARSHES; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

WETLANDS;

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; CLONE; COASTAL ZONE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GRASS; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NICHE; PERENNIAL PLANT; POPULATION MODELING; RANGE EXPANSION; SALTMARSH; SEED BANK; SIMULATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CHINA; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

EID: 84880384351     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.06.024     Document Type: Article

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