Effects of a directional abiotic gradient on plant community dynamics and invasion in a coastal dune system - LORTIE, CHRISTOPHER J; CUSHMAN, J. HALL (The Journal of ecology, 2007)
Keywords: Abiotic factors; Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Botany; California; coastal dunes; Coastal ecology; Communities; Demecology; Dunes; Ecological invasion; Effects; Flowers & plants; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; gradients; Human ecology; Indigenous species; Introduced plants; Introduced species; Marine; nitrates; nitrogen availability; Plant communities; plant community composition; Plant ecology; plant invasions; Plant Population and Community Dynamics; Plant species; Plants; Plants and fungi; Relative abundance; sand; Sand & gravel; Soil moisture; soil particle size; Soil texture; Soil water; species diversity; Species richness; Synecology; wind; Wind speed; INE, USA, California; California; Availability; Wind; Particle size; Plant community; gradients; plant community composition; nitrogen availability; Vegetation dynamics; Nitrogen; coastal dunes; Invasion; plant invasions; Abiotic factor; Soils; Plant; soil particle size; Coastal dune; abiotic factors