Use of exotic plants to control Spartina alterniflora invasion and promote mangrove restoration

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Zhou, Ting ^a   Liu, Shuchao ^a   Feng, Zhili ^a   Liu, Gang ^a   Gan, Qian ^a   Peng, Shaolin ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOIL;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISLANDS; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POACEAE; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WETLANDS;

EID: 84939857117     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep12980     Document Type: Article

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