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Clonal structure of Elytrigia atherica along different successional stages of a salt marsh.
Molecular ecology - 1 Mar 2007
Scheepens J F, Veeneklaas R M, Van De Zande L, Bakker J P
Abstract excerpt
Elytrigia atherica is a tall clonal grass species typical of higher salt marshes, but is gradually invading to the lower marshes. At young successional stages of a salt marsh, E. atherica is found sparsely dispersed in small groups of ramets. These patches increase in size and ramet density over time, eventually forming extensive swards as succession proceeds. This study investigates the change in the clonal...
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