Plant-plant interactions in a subtropical mangrove-to-marsh transition zone: Effects of environmental drivers

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1198-1211

  Howard, Rebecca J ^a   Krauss, Ken W ^a   Cormier, Nicole ^a   Day, Richard H ^a   Biagas, Janelda ^a   Allain, Larry ^a  

^a NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Avicennia germinans; Brackish marsh; Ecotone; Flooding; Gulf of Mexico; Hydrology; Interspecific interactions; Laguncularia racemosa; Mangrove migration; Salinity; Salt marsh; Transition zone

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTOR; BRACKISH WATER; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; ECOTONE; FLOODING; HYDROLOGY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MANGROVE; MONOCULTURE; PROPAGULE; SALINITY; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WETLAND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

AVICENNIA GERMINANS; DISTICHLIS SPICATA; ELEOCHARIS CELLULOSA; LAGUNCULARIA RACEMOSA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84944174710     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12309     Document Type: Article

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