Importance of Microtopography in Determining Plant Community Distribution in Baltic Coastal Wetlands

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1062-1070

  Ward, Raymond D ^a   Burnside, Niall G ^a   Joyce, Chris B ^a   Sepp, Kalev ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Coastal plant communities; edaphic factors; wet grasslands

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WETLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASSLAND; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SCRUB; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SWAMP; WOODLAND;

ESTONIA;

EID: 84987753769     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-15-00065.1     Document Type: Article

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