Competitive interactions between two salt marsh halophytes across stress gradients

Wetlands

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 31-42

  Morzaria Luna, Hem Nalini ^a,b   Zedler, Joy B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CEDO Intercultural Edif   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Californian salt marsh; Competitive response; Salicornia virginica; Sarcocornia pacifica; Stress gradient hypothesis; Triglochin concinna

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894050814     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-013-0479-9     Document Type: Article

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