Wrack burial reduces germination and establishment of the invasive cordgrass Spartina densiflora

Germination and emergence of halophytes may decrease significantly by seed burial in dead plant material, or wrack, which is common and abundant in tidal marshes. The effects of plant debris (wrack) burial on seed germination and seedling establishment of Spartina densiflora, an invasive cordgrass,...

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Main Authors: Ahmed Abbas, Alfredo Rubio-Casal, Alfonso de Cires, Enrique Figueroa, Javier Nieva, Jesús Castillo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2014-04-01
Series:NeoBiota
Online Access:http://neobiota.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=1268