Assembly of plant communities in coastal wetlands-the role of saltcedar Tamarix chinensis during early succession

Journal of Plant Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 539-548

  Gao, Meng ^a   Wang, Xinxiu ^a,b   Hui, Cang ^c,d   Yi, Huapeng ^e   Zhang, Chuanqi ^a,b   Wu, Xiaoqing ^a   Bi, Xiaoli ^a   Wang, Yong ^a   Xiao, Luxiang ^e   Wang, De ^a  

^a YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES   (South Africa)

^e LUDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

facilitative effect; functional traits; spatial structure; supratidal wetland; trait convergence; wind sheltering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943609450     PISSN: 17529921     EISSN: 1752993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rtu037     Document Type: Article

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