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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2014-04-01
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Series: | NeoBiota |
Online Access: | http://neobiota.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=1268 |