Sediment type affects competition between a native and an exotic species in coastal China

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Li, Hong Li ^a   Wang, Yong Yang ^a   An, Shu Qing ^b   Zhi, Ying Biao ^c   Lei, Guang Chun ^a   Zhang, Ming Xiang ^a  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BIOMASS; COMPETITION; EXOTIC SPECIES; GREENHOUSE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MONOCULTURE; NATIVE SPECIES; RAMET; RHIZOME; SCIRPUS; SEDIMENT; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; REPRODUCTION; WETLAND;

ALUMINUM SILICATE; CLAY; INORGANIC SALT;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POACEAE; REPRODUCTION; RHIZOME; SALTS; WETLANDS;

EID: 84945341816     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06748     Document Type: Article

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