Ecological and evolutionary misadventures of spartina

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 389-410

  Strong, Donald R ^a   Ayres, Debra R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hybridization; Introduction; Invasion; Polyploidy; Spartina alterniflora; Spartina anglica; Spartina densiflora; Spartina foliosa; Spartina maritima

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GRASS; HYBRID; HYBRIDIZATION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; MUDFLAT; POLYPLOIDY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; WILD POPULATION;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SPARTINA ANGLICA; SPARTINA DENSIFLORA; SPARTINA FOLIOSA; SPARTINA MARITIMA;

EID: 84888628189     PISSN: 1543592X     EISSN: 15452069     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-110512-135803     Document Type: Review

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